蚊 – mosquito

10 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#2121 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 蚊 means mosquito. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ブン (bun); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is か (ka). It is written with 10 strokes, under radical 虫 (no. 142).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ブン	bun
Kun’yomi	か	ka

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 虫 (Kangxi radical 142). Components: 虫・文.

Words using 蚊

蚊かmosquito

Example sentences

蚊にたくさん刺されました。

I got a lot of mosquito bites.

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Kanji with the same radical

融虫蛇蝶蛍虹蜜蜂蛋

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