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蛬 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「虫」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 12 strokes ／ Radical「虫」
On
キョウきょう · kyō
Kun
こおろぎ・きりぎりすkōrogi · kirigirisu
Meaning
a cricket

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Insect 虫 with 共 as phonetic: the cricket that sings in autumn.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 蛬こおろぎ

    a cricket

  • 蟋蟀こおろぎ

    the usual writing

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

秋(あき)の夜(よる)に蛬が鳴(な)く。

Crickets sing on an autumn night.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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Compound

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

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