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蛆 — 11 strokes ／ Radical「虫」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 11 strokes ／ Radical「虫」
On
ソ・ショそ・しょ · so · sho
Kun
うじuji
Meaning
a maggot

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Insect 虫 with 且 as phonetic: the maggot that breeds in rotting matter.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 蛆うじ

    a maggot

  • 蛆虫うじむし

    a maggot

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

放(ほう)っておくと蛆(うじ)がわく。

Leave it and maggots breed.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

蛆虫蛆虫insect蚌a fres…蚪used…蚩to moc…蚓an ear…蚣used…抒to dra…杼a shut…泝to go…苴a stra…沮to blo…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

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Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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