螟 — 16 strokes ／ Radical「虫」
道1University / general (hardest) ／ 16 strokes ／ Radical「虫」
- On
- メイ・ミョウ
- Kun
- ずいむし
- Meaning
- a stem borer
Origin
Insect 虫 with 冥 as phonetic: the borer that eats into the rice stem.
Stroke order
Compounds
- 螟虫めいちゅう
a rice borer
- 螟蛾めいが
a borer moth
Example
螟虫が稲の茎を食い荒らす。
The borer eats through the rice stems.
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