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蚤 — 10 strokes ／ Radical「虫」

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準1University / general ／ 10 strokes ／ Radical「虫」
On
ソウそう · sō
Kun
のみ・はやいnomi · hayai
Meaning
flea

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Insect 虫 with claw 爪: the insect whose bites make you scratch — a flea.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 蚤のみ

    flea

  • 蚤の市のみのいち

    flea market

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

日曜(にちよう)に広場(ひろば)の蚤(のみ)の市(いち)をのぞいた。

On Sunday I looked round the flea market in the square.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 虫Map of reading ソウAll maps

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