蛆 — 11 strokes ／ Radical「虫」
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- On
- ソ・ショ
- Kun
- うじ
- Meaning
- a maggot
Origin
Insect 虫 with 且 as phonetic: the maggot that breeds in rotting matter.
Stroke order
Compounds
- 蛆うじ
a maggot
- 蛆虫うじむし
a maggot
Example
放っておくと蛆がわく。
Leave it and maggots breed.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)