Keyword
insect
Info
FrequencyTop 900-1000
Type
Kyōiku (1st grade) 
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Shinjitai ?
KankenLevel 10
Heisig556
Old form
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 (132 in total)
strong
wind
touch
make noise
alone
snake
to scratch
dissolve
honey
spider
???
butterfly
bee
insect [old]
firefly
rainbow
wriggle
savage
spiral
consumed by worms
mosquito
ant
wax
a lizard
lizard
frog
cocoon
crab
bat [alt]
bat
housefly
cicada
firefly [old]
silkworm
wax [old]
scorpion
shrimp
moth
green caterpillar
???
octopus
worm
cicada [old]
housefly
locust
crawling of a worm
dragonfly
moon moth
leech
toad
???
mantis
???
viper
chrysalis
lice
???
coiled up
hibernation
flea
clear-toned cicada
clam
protein
snail
earthworm
???
horsefly
although
???
an edible river snail
kind of slug
slug
centipede
???
cricket
grasshopper
meandering
serpentine
hedgehog
beetle
fresh-water clam
???
name of a Chinese emperor
boa constrictor
???
fool
a kind of bivalve
???
insect moulting
kind of ant
mayfly
mole cricket
oyster
???
vermin
intestinal worms
newt
???
???
gnat
bee sting
claws
???
dragon whose horns have not grown
???
young dragon
worm-eaten
injurious parasite
common orient clam
dried fish
intestinal worm
tadpole
???
???
???
???
python
???
???
???
millipede
silkworm [old]
???
ark shell
plant louse
???
???
tick
horsefly
the solitary wasp
???
string of coins
Used in vocabulary (522 in total)
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; 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?