蝎 — 15 strokes ／ Radical「虫」
道1University / general (hardest) ／ 15 strokes ／ Radical「虫」
- On
- カツかつ · katsu
- Kun
- さそり・すくもむしsasori · sukumomushi
- Meaning
- a scorpion
Stroke order
Origin
Insect 虫 with 曷 as phonetic: the scorpion, with its venomous sting.
Compounds
- 蛇蝎だかつ
snakes and scorpions; a thing loathed
- 蝎さそり
a scorpion
Example
蛇蝎のごとく嫌われる。
They are loathed as snakes and scorpions are.
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
CompoundRadicalReading
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