Kanji details for 虫
虫
Common kanji
insect, bug, temper
KUN:
- むしmushi
ON:
- チュウchuu
- キki
Nanori:
- むmu
Radicals:
Example words(showing 1-10 of 408 results)
noun
1.
insect, bug, cricket, moth
2.
worm, roundworm
3.
one's emotions, one's feelings
See also:虫を殺す (むしをころす)
4.
nervousness, fretfulness
See also:虫気 (むしけ)
5.
person devoted to one thing, single-minded person
See also:本の虫 (ほんのむし)
6.
valve core
Other readings:
蟲【むし】[1]
Notes:
- word containing out-dated kanji
noun
•
cavity, tooth decay, decayed tooth, dental caries
Other readings:
むし歯【むしば】
、齲歯【むしば】
、齲歯【うし】
、齲歯【くし】
、齲【むしば】
noun, no-adjective
1.
iridescent colour
no-adjective, noun
2.
equivocal (reply, statement, etc.), ambiguous, vague
noun, na-adjective, no-adjective
•
coward, weakling, scaredy cat, wimp, sissy
Godan-mu verb, intransitive verb
1.
to be worm-eaten, to be eaten by worms
2.
to affect adversely, to spoil, to ruin, to undermine, to gnaw at (one's heart, body, etc.), to eat into, to destroy
All readings:
蝕む【むしばむ】
、虫食む【むしばむ】