Keyword
insect
Info
FrequencyTop 900-1000
Type
Kyōiku (1st grade) 
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Shinjitai ?
KankenLevel 10
Heisig556
Old form蟲
Readings
むし
(82%)
Composed of
mouth
arm of a bodybuilder
Mnemonic

A pictograph of an arm of a bodybuilder being bitten by an insect.

Used in kanji (135 in total)
strong
wind
touch
make noise
alone
snake
to scratch
dissolve
honey
spider
???
butterfly
bee
insect [old]
firefly
wriggle
rainbow
savage
spiral
consumed by worms
mosquito
ant
wax
a lizard
lizard
cocoon
frog
crab
firefly [old]
bat [alt]
bat
housefly
wax [old]
cicada
scorpion
silkworm
shrimp
moth
???
green caterpillar
worm
octopus
cicada [old]
housefly
locust
crawling of a worm
dragonfly
moon moth
leech
???
toad
mantis
???
viper
???
lice
coiled up
chrysalis
hibernation
flea
clam
clear-toned cicada
protein
earthworm
???
snail
although
horsefly
centipede
???
???
an edible river snail
kind of slug
slug
cricket
grasshopper
serpentine
meandering
hedgehog
beetle
fresh-water clam
???
name of a Chinese emperor
insects which eat into clot
boa constrictor
???
fool
a kind of bivalve
kind of ant
mayfly
???
insect moulting
mole cricket
bee sting
oyster
???
vermin
intestinal worms
newt
???
???
gnat
claws
???
dragon whose horns have not grown
young dragon
???
???
injurious parasite
common orient clam
dried fish
worm-eaten
???
???
intestinal worm
tadpole
???
???
???
???
python
moth larva
???
millipede
silkworm [old]
???
ark shell
???
???
plant louse
???
tick
horsefly
the solitary wasp
???
Used in vocabulary (613 in total)
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings; (one's) unconscious; nervousness
crybaby; blubberer
Examples (78 in total)
There are insects everywhere.
If you open the window, bugs will come in.
Are you afraid of bugs?