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螟 — 16 strokes ／ Radical「虫」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 16 strokes ／ Radical「虫」
On
メイ・ミョウめい・みょう · mei · myō
Kun
ずいむしzuimushi
Meaning
a stem borer

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Insect 虫 with 冥 as phonetic: the borer that eats into the rice stem.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 螟虫めいちゅう

    a rice borer

  • 螟蛾めいが

    a borer moth

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

螟虫(めいちゅう)が稲(いね)の茎(くき)を食(く)い荒(あ)らす。

The borer eats through the rice stems.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

螟虫螟蛾螟虫insect蛾moth蚩to moc…蚪used…蚣used…蚌a fres…蚓an ear…茗tea眇to squ…酩to be…溟the da…暝dark
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Compound

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