| 1276 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1837 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2106 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1405 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 945 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1874 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 2037 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1859 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 968 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3067 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1563 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2138 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 457 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 13792 | Morohashi |
| 2413 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2430 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 448 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 483 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1188 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
descendants, elder brother, insect
- On:
- コン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1688 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 昆虫 【コンチュウ】 insect, bug
- 昆布 【コンブ】 kombu (usu. Saccharina japonica), konbu, kelp, any edible species from the family Laminariaceae
- 後昆 【コウコン】 grandchildren, posterity
Readings
- Korean:
- gon, hon
Spanish
- descendientes
Portuguese
- descendentes
- irmão mais velho
French
- descendant
- frère ainé
- insecte
| 3856 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4c4.10 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-4-4 | SKIP code |
| 6011.1 | Four corner code |
| 6071.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-26-11 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6606 | Unicode hex code |
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
| 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) |
| 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 |
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 翅鞘 【シショウ】 elytron
- 翅脈 【シミャク】 wing veins (of an insect)
- 後翅 【コウシ】 hindwing
- 魚翅 【ユイチー】 shark fin
Kun reading compounds
- 翅 【はね】 wing (of an insect)
Readings
- Korean:
- si
Spanish
Portuguese
French
| 2040 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1248 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 28642 | Morohashi |
| 4678 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2k8.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-4-6 | SKIP code |
| 4740.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-70-34 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7fc5 | Unicode hex code |