| 114 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 74 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 56 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1073 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4115 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 133 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 875 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 324 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 873 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 893 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 466 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1604 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4343 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2199 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2959 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 523 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 32804 | Morohashi |
| 3530 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5275 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 517 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 556 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 60 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N2
1351 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 虫垂炎 【チュウスイエン】 appendicitis
- 虫えい 【チュウエイ】 gall (abnormal plant growth formed by insects)
- 幼虫 【ヨウチュウ】 larva, grub, maggot
- 寄生虫 【キセイチュウ】 parasite
- 虫部 【キブ】 insect radical, worm radical
- 蟻巻 【アリマキ】 aphid, plant louse, plant lice
Kun reading compounds
- 虫 【むし】 insect, bug, cricket, moth, worm, roundworm, thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings, (one's) unconscious, nervousness, fretfulness, person devoted to one thing, single-minded person, valve core, mushi (type of game played with a stripped deck)
- 虫歯 【むしば】 tooth decay, cavity, decayed tooth, dental caries
- 苦虫 【にがむし】 bitter-tasting bug
- 馬追虫 【うまおいむし】 Hexacentrus japonicus (species of katydid), Hexacentrus unicolor (species of katydid)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- む
- Korean:
- hwe, chung
Spanish
- insecto
- bicho
Portuguese
- inseto
- bichinho
- temperamento
French
- insecte
- vermine
- ver
- reptile
- colère
| 1671 | 2001 Kanji |
| 6d0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-6-3 | SKIP code |
| 2-4-2 | SKIP code |
| 5013.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-35-78 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 866b | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1031 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 刺 【シ】 calling card
- 刺激 【シゲキ】 stimulus, stimulation, irritation (esp. of the body, e.g. skin, eyes), impetus, impulse, stimulus, spur, incentive, encouragement, stimulation, motivation, provocation, excitement, thrill
- 牛刺 【ギュウサシ】 sliced raw beef
- 肉刺し 【ニクサシ】 fork
Kun reading compounds
- 刺す 【さす】 to pierce, to stab, to prick, to stick, to thrust, to sting, to bite, to sew, to stitch, to embroider, to pole (a boat), to catch (with a limed pole), to put (a runner) out, to pick off
- 刺刀 【さすが】 dagger
- 刺さる 【ささる】 to stick into (of something with a sharp point), to prick, to pierce, to get stuck (in), to lodge (in), to resonate emotionally, to move
- 刺し 【さし】 grain thief, sharpened tube for testing rice in bags, sashimi (sliced raw fish), stabbing, piercing, pricking
- 刺身 【さしみ】 sashimi (raw sliced fish, shellfish or crustaceans)
- 牛刺 【ぎゅうさし】 sliced raw beef
- 肉刺し 【にくさし】 fork
- 刺し 【さし】 grain thief, sharpened tube for testing rice in bags, sashimi (sliced raw fish), stabbing, piercing, pricking
- 刺身 【さしみ】 sashimi (raw sliced fish, shellfish or crustaceans)
- 牛刺 【ぎゅうさし】 sliced raw beef
- 肉刺し 【にくさし】 fork
- 刺 【とげ】 thorn, spine, prickle, splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh), hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone), biting words
- 棘魚 【とげうお】 stickleback (Gasterosteidae spp.)
- 刺々 【とげとげ】 sharply, harshly, stingingly
Readings
- Korean:
- ja, cheog
Spanish
- espina
- punzar
- pinchar
- apuñalar
- tarjeta de visita
Portuguese
- espinho
- furar
- esfaquear
- picar
- picar cartão
French
- piquer
- coudre
- enfoncer
- percer
- tailler
- épine
- carte de visite
| 1314 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 954 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 682 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1139 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 360 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 654 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 881 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 902 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1319 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 192 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1625 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 855 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1171 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 424 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 1969 | Morohashi |
| 1275 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 480 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 417 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 446 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1154 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1543 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2f6.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-6-2 | SKIP code |
| 5290.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-27-41 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 523a | Unicode hex code |