Moto 蜂: Bee; Wasp; HornetKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ホウ
- Kun'yomi
- はち
- Level
- Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 91 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ホウ)
- 蜂起ほうきuprising; revolt
- 口底蜂窩織炎こうていほうかしきえんphlegmon in floor of oral cavity; Ludwig's angina
- 武装蜂起ぶそうほうきarmed uprising
- 蜂かほうかbeehive; hive
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 蜂はちbee; wasp
- 蜂蜜はちみつhoney
- たま蜂たまばちgall wasp (any insect of family Cynipidae)
- アンナ蜂鳥アンナはちどりAnna's woodpecker (Calypte anna)
- スズメ蜂スズメばちhornet; yellow jacket
- 丸花蜂まるはなばちbumblebee (Bombus sp.); bumble bee
- 似我蜂じがばちred-banded sand wasp (Ammophila sabulosa)
- 働き蜂はたらきばちworker bee
- 円花蜂まるはなばちbumblebee (Bombus sp.); bumble bee
- 喉赤蜂鳥のどあかはちどりruby-throated hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)
- 地蜂じばちVespula flaviceps (species of yellowjacket)
- 大雀蜂おおすずめばちAsian giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia); yak-killer hornet
- 女王蜂じょおうばちqueen bee
- 姫花蜂ひめはなばちmining bee (of family Andrenidae)
- 姫蜂ひめばちichneumon wasp (Ichneumonidae spp.); ichneumon fly
- 姫蜂鳥ひめはちどりCalliope hummingbird (Selasphorus calliope)
- 姫雀蜂ひめすずめばちVespa ducalis (species of hornet)
- 寄生蜂きせいばちparasitoid wasp; parasitic wasp
- 小形雀蜂こがたすずめばちyellow-vented hornet (Vespa analis)
- 小繭蜂こまゆばちbraconid; member of the Braconidae (family of parasitic wasps)
- 小蜂こばちchalcid (fly, wasp); chalcis (fly)
- 樹蜂きばちwood wasp
- 毛深雀蜂けぶかすずめばちJapanese hornet (Vespa simillima, esp. subspecies Vespa simillima simillima); yellow hornet
- 泣き面に蜂なきつらにはちmaking matters worse; adding insult to injury
- 泥蜂どろばちpotter wasp (any wasp of subfamily Eumeninae); mason wasp
- 熊ん蜂くまんばちJapanese carpenter bee (Xylocopa appendiculata circumvolans)
- 熊蜂くまばちJapanese carpenter bee (Xylocopa appendiculata circumvolans)
- 穴蜂あなばちdigger wasp
- 紋雀蜂もんすずめばちEuropean hornet (Vespa crabro)
- 義蜂ぎばちcut-tailed bullhead (species of catfish, Pseudobagrus aurantiacus)
- 脚長蜂あしながばちpaper wasp
- 腰細蜂こしぼそばちred-banded sand wasp (Ammophila sabulosa)
- 艶小蜂つやこばちaphelinid wasp (Encarsia formosa)
- 花蜂はなばちbee (any insect of the clade Anthophila)
- 茶色雀蜂ちゃいろすずめばちbrown hornet (Vespa dybowskii)
- 葉蜂はばちsawfly
- 虻蜂あぶはちhorsefly and bee; horsefly and wasp
- 虻蜂とらずあぶはちとらずattempting two tasks at the same time, accomplishing neither; falling between two stools
- 虻蜂取らずあぶはちとらずattempting two tasks at the same time, accomplishing neither; falling between two stools
- 蜂の子はちのこhornet larva (esp. of yellowjacket species Vespula flaviceps); bee larva
- 蜂の巣はちのすbeehive; hive
- 蜂ろうはちろうbeeswax
- 蜂屋柿はちやがきhachiya (variety of astringent Japanese persimmon)
Other readings
- 五倍子蜂ふしばちgall wasp (any insect of family Cynipidae)
- 土蜂ゆするばちdigger wasp
- 徳利蜂とっくりばちpotter wasp (esp. species Eumenes mikado)
- 日本蜜蜂にほんみつばちJapanese honeybee (Apis cerana japonica)
- 没食子蜂ふしばちgall wasp (any insect of family Cynipidae)
- 泣きっ面に蜂なきつらにはちmaking matters worse; adding insult to injury
- 濠太剌利海蜂水母オーストラリアうんばちくらげsea wasp (Chironex fleckeri)
- 狩り蜂かりバチhunter wasp (i.e. potter wasp, sand wasp, etc.)
- 狩人蜂かりゅうどばちhunter wasp (i.e. potter wasp, sand wasp, etc.)
- 狩蜂かりバチhunter wasp (i.e. potter wasp, sand wasp, etc.)
- 癭蜂たまばちgall wasp (any insect of family Cynipidae)
- 端黒雀蜂つまげすずめばちlesser banded hornet (Vespa affinis)
- 胡蜂スズメばちhornet; yellow jacket
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