虫: Insect; Bug; TemperKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it

Words that use the on'yomi (チュウ・キ)

• 昆虫こんちゅうinsect; bug
• 殺虫剤さっちゅうざいinsecticide; pesticide
• 害虫がいちゅうharmful insect; noxious insect
• 寄生虫きせいちゅうparasite
• 幼虫ようちゅうlarva; grub
• 成虫せいちゅうimago; adult (insect)
• 殺虫さっちゅうkilling insects or pests
• 爬虫類はちゅうるいreptiles
• 病虫害びょうちゅうがい(crop) damage from disease and harmful insects
• 虫垂炎ちゅうすいえんappendicitis
• 防虫ぼうちゅうprotection from insects; insect repellence
• 防虫剤ぼうちゅうざいinsect repellent
• ぎょう虫ぎょうちゅうpinworm (Enterobius vermicularis); threadworm
• ぎょう虫症ぎょうちゅうしょうpinworm infection; enterobiasis
• は虫類はちゅうるいreptiles
• アメリカ鉤虫アメリカこうちゅうNew World hookworm (Necator americanus)
• ギニア虫症ギニアちゅうしょうGuinea worm disease; dracunculiasis
• ズビニ鉤虫ズビニこうちゅうold world hookworm (Ancylostoma duodenale)
• バンクロフト糸状虫バンクロフトしじょうちゅうWuchereria bancrofti (species of filaria)
• ヒドロ虫類ヒドロちゅうるいhydrozoans

Words that use a kun'yomi

• 虫むしinsect; bug
• 虫歯むしばcavity; tooth decay
• 玉虫色たまむしいろiridescent colour
• 弱虫よわむしcoward; weakling
• 毛虫けむしhairy caterpillar; woolly bear
• 水虫みずむしathlete's foot
• 苦虫にがむしbitter-tasting bug
• 虫除けむしよけinsecticide; insect repellent
• 虫食いむしくいworm-eaten; moth-eaten
• あぶら虫あぶらむしaphid; plant louse
• いぼた蠟虫いぼたろうむしChinese wax scale insect (Ericerus pela)
• いも虫いもむしhornworm (caterpillar of a hawk moth); (hairless) caterpillar
• うじ虫うじむしmaggot
• お邪魔虫おじゃまむしsomeone who gets in the way without serving any useful purpose; fly in the ointment
• かぶと虫かぶとむしrhinoceros beetle (esp. the Japanese rhinoceros beetle, Trypoxylus dichotomus)
• かんの虫かんのむしconvulsions (in a child); nervousness
• くっつき虫くっつきむしbur (prickly seeds or seedheads that stick to fur and clothes); burr
• くっ付き虫くっつきむしbur (prickly seeds or seedheads that stick to fur and clothes); burr
• くつわ虫くつわむしMecopoda nipponensis (species of katydid)
• こがね虫こがねむしscarabaeid beetle
• こたつ虫こたつむしsomeone who curls up under a kotatsu all winter; kotatsu bug
• ざざ虫ざざむしdobsonfly or stonefly larva
• てんとう虫てんとうむしladybug (Harmonia axyridis); ladybird
• でで虫ででむしsnail
• ひっつき虫ひっつきむしbur (prickly seeds or seedheads that stick to fur and clothes); burr
• へこき虫へこきむしstinky bug (esp. the bombardier beetle); stink bug
• イセリア介殻虫イセリアかいがらむしcottony cushion scale (species of scale insect, Icerya purchasi)
• ウィルソンアメリカ虫食いウィルソンアメリカむしくいWilson's warbler (Cardellina pusilla); Wilson's blackcap
• コロラド葉虫コロラドはむしColorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata)
• バイオリン虫バイオリンむしghost walker (beetle) (Mormolyce phyllodes); violin beetle
• バナナ虫バナナむしBothrogonia ferruginea (species of leafhopper)

Other readings

• きちきち蝗虫きちきちばったmale Oriental longheaded locust (Acrida cinerea)
• でんでん虫かたつむりsnail
• ウジ虫うじむしmaggot
• エビヅル虫えびづるむしclearwing moth larva
• カブト虫かぶとむしrhinoceros beetle (esp. the Japanese rhinoceros beetle, Trypoxylus dichotomus)
• カメ虫かめむしshield bug; stink bug
• ギョウ虫ぎょうちゅうpinworm (Enterobius vermicularis); threadworm
• タデ喰う虫も好き好きたでくうむしもすきずきsome prefer nettles; there's no accounting for taste
• タデ食う虫も好き好きたでくうむしもすきずきsome prefer nettles; there's no accounting for taste

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Kanji that often appear with 虫

• 類
• 昆
• 症
• 食
• 毛
• 殺
• 水
• 吸
• 生
• 葉