Jisho

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10 strokes
Radical:
silk 糸 (糹)
Parts:
string, cord, braid, lace, tape, strap, ribbon
Kun:
ひも
On:
チュウジュウ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 紐帯 【チュウタイ】 important connection, important social foundation, close relation, tight relationship, intimate relation, close link

Kun reading compounds

  • 紐 【ひも】 string, cord, leash, man who is financially dependent on a woman, gigolo, pimp, restrictions, conditions, mantle (shellfish, etc.), small intestine (beef, pork), oviduct meat (chicken)
  • ヒモ男 【ひもおとこ】 man who is financially dependent on a woman
  • おぶい紐 【おぶいひも】 baby backpack, back-mounted baby carrier, sling
  • 投石紐 【とうせきひも】 sling (weapon)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
niu3
Korean:
nyu

Spanish

Portuguese

French

3504 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1682 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1647 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1190 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
27268 Morohashi
4448 New Nelson (John Haig)
2661 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2703 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
6a4.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-4 SKIP code
2791.5 Four corner code
1-41-19 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7d10 Unicode hex code

6 strokes
Radical:
insect
Parts:
Variants:
insect, bug, temper
Kun:
むし
On:
チュウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N2
1351 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
chong2, hui3
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