What does kanji 蛄 mean?

The primary meaning of kanji 蛄 is cicada.

How is kanji 蛄 read?

The onyomi readings for kanji 蛄 are コ.

What words use kanji 蛄?

Example words that use kanji 蛄 include アメリカ蝲蛄, 蝦蛄, 海ザリガニ, 川螻蛄.

Kanken 1

蛄

Meaning

Kanji 蛄

cicada

cicada, mole cricket

Stroke Order

Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み: -
Onyomi 音読み: コ
Nanori 名乗り: -

Jōyō: -
JLPT: -
Frequency: -
Strokes: 11
Radical: -
Components: -
Kanji Kentei: Level 1
Similar Kanji: 故 • 枯 • 胡 • 苦 • 固 • 古 • 克

Related vocabulary

Showing 13 common entries

Showing 13 of 13 entries that include this kanji.

アメリカ蝲蛄

アメリカざりがに

red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii)

蝦蛄

しゃこ

mantis shrimp (any marine crustacean of order Stomatopoda, esp. the species Oratosquilla oratoria)

海ザリガニ

うみザリガニ

lobster

川螻蛄

かわげら

stonefly (any insect of order Plecoptera, esp. those of family Perlidae)

日本ザリガニ

にほんざりがに

Japanese crayfish (Cambaroides japonicus)

飛螻蛄

とびけら

caddisfly

螻蛄

けら

mole cricket (esp. the Oriental mole cricket, Gryllotalpa orientalis)

蝲蛄

ざりがに

crayfish (esp. Japanese crayfish, Cambaroides japonicus or red swamp crayfish, Procambarus clarkii)

トビケラ目

トビケラもく

Trichoptera (the order of insects comprising the caddisflies)

蝦蛄葉サボテン

しゃこばさぼてん

Christmas cactus

螻羽

けらば

edge of a gabled roof

螻蛄芸

けらげい

being a jack of all trades and master of none

Example sentences

5 reference sentences

畑で蛄を見つけた。

I found a mole cricket in the field.

蛄は土の中を動き回る。

Mole crickets move around underground.

子どもが蛄を手に乗せて見せてくれた。

The child showed me a mole cricket resting on his hand.

雨上がりに蛄が地面から出てきた。

After the rain stopped, a mole cricket came out of the ground.

蛄の姿を図鑑で初めて見た。

I saw what a mole cricket looks like for the first time in an illustrated guide.