Jisho

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13 strokes
Radical:
insect
Parts:
Variants:
bee, wasp, hornet
Kun:
はち
On:
ホウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
2223 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 蜂起 【ホウキ】 uprising, revolt
  • 蜂窩 【ホウカ】 beehive, hive, honeycomb
  • 寄生蜂 【キセイバチ】 parasitoid wasp, parasitic wasp, parasitic bee
  • 養蜂 【ヨウホウ】 beekeeping, apiculture

Kun reading compounds

  • 蜂 【はち】 bee, wasp, hornet
  • 蜂蜜 【はちみつ】 honey
  • 虻蜂 【あぶはち】 horsefly and bee, horsefly and wasp

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
feng1
Korean:
bong

Spanish

  • avispa
  • abeja
  • avispón

Portuguese

French

4150 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1921 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
821 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1728 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1247 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
33088 Morohashi
5331 New Nelson (John Haig)
2687 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1684 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
6d7.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-7 SKIP code
5715.4 Four corner code
1-43-10 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8702 Unicode hex code

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 窩縁 【カエン】 cavity margin (e.g. tooth, body)
  • 蜂窩 【ホウカ】 beehive, hive, honeycomb
  • 直腸子宮窩 【チョクチョウシキュウカ】 rectouterine pouch, pouch of Douglas
  • 腋窩 【エキカ】 armpit, axilla
  • 山窩 【サンカ】 group of mountain nomads (in Japan), group of mountain people, the Sanka

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
wo1
Korean:
wa

Spanish

Portuguese

French

3333 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
25579 Morohashi
4208 New Nelson (John Haig)
3m11.10 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-11 SKIP code
3022.7 Four corner code
1-67-61 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7aa9 Unicode hex code