Kanken 1
螟

Meaning

Kanji 螟

injurious parasite

injurious parasite

Stroke Order
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Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み
ずいむし
Onyomi 音読み
ミョウメイ
Nanori 名乗り
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Jōyō
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JLPT
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Frequency
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Strokes
16
Radical
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Components
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Kanji Kentei
Level 1
Similar Kanji
瞑 • 暝 • 榠 • 幎 • 溟 • 冥 • 凕

Related vocabulary

8 common entries

Showing 8 of 8 entries that include this kanji.

螟蛾

めいが

pyralid (any moth of family Pyralidae, many of which have larvae that devour foodstuffs)

螟虫

ずいむし

pyralid larva

螟蛉

めいれい

adopted child

一点大螟蛾

いってんおおめいが

yellow stem borer (Scirpophaga incertulas)

稲の螟虫

いねのずいむし

striped stem borer larva

三化螟蛾

さんかめいが

yellow stem borer (species of moth, Scirpophaga incertulas)

二化螟蛾

にかめいが

striped stem borer (Chilo suppressalis)

熨斗目斑螟蛾

のしめまだらめいが

Indian meal moth (Plodia interpunctella)

Example sentences

5 reference sentences

螟が稲を食い荒らした。

The pest damaged the rice plants.

畑で見つけた螟は葉をよく食べる。

The caterpillar-like pest found in the field eats leaves a lot.

農家は螟の被害を心配している。

Farmers are worried about the damage caused by the pest.

この螟は茎の中に入り込むことがある。

This pest sometimes gets inside the plant stem.

螟を早めに見つければ被害は少なくてすむ。

If the pest is found early, the damage can be kept small.