Search Kanji for むし

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insect

Meaning: insect; bug; temper
Kun-yomi: むし
On-yomi: チュウ/キ

foolish

Meaning: foolish; stopped over
Kun-yomi: せむし
On-yomi: コウ/ク

hemp

Meaning: hemp; flax
Kun-yomi: お/からんし/からむし
On-yomi: チョ

pluck

Meaning: pluck; pick; tear; (kokuji)
Kun-yomi: むし.る
On-yomi:

large poisonous snake

Meaning: large poisonous snake
Kun-yomi: まむし
On-yomi: キ/カイ/ケ

pluck

Meaning: pluck; pick; tear; (kokuji)
Kun-yomi: むし.る/むしりと.る
On-yomi:

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: あしなえ/せむし
On-yomi:

male nettle-hemp

Meaning: male nettle-hemp
Kun-yomi: からむし
On-yomi:

seat

Meaning: seat; mat; occasion; place
Kun-yomi: むしろ
On-yomi: セキ

tapeworm

Meaning: tapeworm
Kun-yomi: かいちゅう/はらのむし
On-yomi: カイ/ユウ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: こくぞうむし
On-yomi: キ/ゲ/カイ

plant louse

Meaning: plant louse; aphids
Kun-yomi: あぶらむし
On-yomi: カ/ケ

crouch

Meaning: crouch; hunchback
Kun-yomi: せむし
On-yomi: ク/ウ

now

Meaning: now; here; this; time; year
Kun-yomi: しげ.る/ます/むしろ/ここに
On-yomi: シ/ケン

to pull out hair, etc.

Meaning: to pull out hair, etc.; (kokuji)
Kun-yomi: むし.る
On-yomi:

straw mat

Meaning: straw mat
Kun-yomi: むしろ
On-yomi: エン

insects that eat books

Meaning: insects that eat books; clothes
Kun-yomi: きくいむし
On-yomi: シュ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: たけむしろ
On-yomi: コウ/ギョウ/グウ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: すくもむし
On-yomi: カク/キャク/ラク

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: からむし
On-yomi:

used as a term of comparison

Meaning: used as a term of comparison
Kun-yomi: むし.ろ
On-yomi: ネイ

intestinal worms

Meaning: intestinal worms
Kun-yomi: かいちゅう/はらのむし
On-yomi: カイ/ユウ

humid

Meaning: humid
Kun-yomi: むしあつ.い
On-yomi: ヒョク/ジョク

moth

Meaning: moth
Kun-yomi: ひむし
On-yomi: ギ/ガ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: けむしろ
On-yomi: ユ/ス/シュ

green caterpillar

Meaning: green caterpillar; Szechwan
Kun-yomi: いもむし
On-yomi: ショク/ゾク

bend over

Meaning: bend over; stoop; bow
Kun-yomi: かが.む/せむし
On-yomi: ク/ウ

straw mat

Meaning: straw mat
Kun-yomi: むしろ
On-yomi: エン

beetle

Meaning: beetle; cockroach
Kun-yomi: あぶらむし
On-yomi:

rather

Meaning: rather; preferably; peaceful; quiet; tranquility
Kun-yomi: むし.ろ
On-yomi: ネイ

eclipse

Meaning: eclipse; occultation; be defective
Kun-yomi: むしば.む
On-yomi: ショク

wax

Meaning: wax; candle; waxy; glazed; maggot
Kun-yomi: うじむし
On-yomi: ショ/ワ/ジャ/セキ/シャク

fabulous creature like a turtle

Meaning: fabulous creature like a turtle; toad
Kun-yomi: いさごむし
On-yomi: ヨク/イキ/コク/ワク

straw mat

Meaning: straw mat; matting
Kun-yomi: むしろ
On-yomi: セキ

scorpion

Meaning: scorpion
Kun-yomi: さそり/すくもむし
On-yomi: カツ

viper

Meaning: viper; adder; asp
Kun-yomi: まむし
On-yomi: フク

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: きくいむし
On-yomi: シュウ/ジュ/ヨウ/ヨ

camel

Meaning: camel
Kun-yomi: せむし
On-yomi:

hunchback

Meaning: hunchback; load
Kun-yomi: せむし
On-yomi: ダ/タ

fistula

Meaning: fistula
Kun-yomi: せむし/かさ/できもの
On-yomi: ル/ロウ

injurious parasite

Meaning: injurious parasite
Kun-yomi: ずいむし
On-yomi: メイ/ミョウ

coarse bamboo mat

Meaning: coarse bamboo mat; ugly
Kun-yomi: たけむしろ
On-yomi: チョ/ジョ

grubs in wood

Meaning: grubs in wood; worms in books, clothes, etc; used figuratively of corrupt officials
Kun-yomi: きくいむし
On-yomi:

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: ゆむし
On-yomi:

anal fistula

Meaning: anal fistula; tumor; sore
Kun-yomi: せむし/かさ/できもの
On-yomi: ル/ロウ

small green frog

Meaning: small green frog; cicada
Kun-yomi: いさごむし
On-yomi: カク/ヨク/イキ

fly which is used similarly to cantharides

Meaning: fly which is used similarly to cantharides
Kun-yomi: ねきりむし
On-yomi: ボウ/ム

a type of bamboo

Meaning: a type of bamboo; round bamboo lunchbox
Kun-yomi: たかむしろ
On-yomi: タン/テン

insect

Meaning: insect; bug; temper
Kun-yomi: むし
On-yomi: チュウ/キ

coiled up

Meaning: coiled up
Kun-yomi: わだかま.る/わらじむし
On-yomi: ハン

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: むす/むしめし
On-yomi: フン

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: せむし
On-yomi: ロウ/ル

moth larva

Meaning: moth larva; grasshopper
Kun-yomi: けむし
On-yomi:

caterpillar

Meaning: caterpillar
Kun-yomi: けむし
On-yomi: チョク/ショク/ドク/ゾク

midges

Meaning: midges; sandflies
Kun-yomi: かつおむし
On-yomi: ボウ/ム

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: さ.す/いた.む/さすむし
On-yomi: カク/チャク/セキ/シャク

flies

Meaning: flies; small insects produced in damp places
Kun-yomi: かつおむし
On-yomi: ベツ/メチ

ringworm

Meaning: ringworm
Kun-yomi: たむし
On-yomi: セン

worm-eaten

Meaning: worm-eaten
Kun-yomi: きくいむし
On-yomi:

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: むす/むしめし
On-yomi: フン

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: かみきりむし
On-yomi: ショウ/ソウ/ジョウ/ニョウ

moth

Meaning: moth; insects which eat into clot
Kun-yomi: きくいむし
On-yomi:

decayed tooth

Meaning: decayed tooth; cavity
Kun-yomi: むしば
On-yomi: ク/ウ

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