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蛾 — 13 strokes ／ Radical「虫」

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準1University / general ／ 13 strokes ／ Radical「虫」
On
ギ・ガぎ・が · gi · ga
Kun
ひむしhimushi
Meaning
moth

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Insect 虫 with 我 as phonetic: the moth that gathers at a lamp.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 蛾が

    moth

  • 蛾眉がび

    beautiful arched eyebrows

More words with this kanji

  • 螟蛾めいが

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

灯(あかり)に蛾(が)が何(なん)匹(ひき)も寄(よ)ってきた。

Several moths came to the lamp.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

蛾眉蛾眉eyebro…虻horsef…蚤flea蛋egg蛛spider蛤hard…妓perfor…伽attend…其that祇earthl…臥to lie…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 虫Map of reading ギAll maps

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