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蝗 — 15 strokes ／ Radical「虫」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 15 strokes ／ Radical「虫」
On
コウこう · kō
Kun
いなご・ばったinago · batta
Meaning
a locust

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Insect 虫 with 皇 as phonetic: the locust that swarms and eats the crop.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 蝗いなご

    a locust

  • 蝗害こうがい

    a plague of locusts

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

蝗害(こうがい)で田(た)が食(く)い荒(あ)らされる。

The locusts strip the paddy bare.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

蝗害蝗害harm蚩to moc…蚪used…蚣used…蚌a fres…蚓an ear…亢high芒an awn伉to mat…扛to lif…扣to kno…
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Compound

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

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