What does kanji 蠅 mean?

The primary meaning of kanji 蠅 is fly.

How is kanji 蠅 read?

The kunyomi readings for kanji 蠅 are はい, はえ; the onyomi readings are ヨウ.

What words use kanji 蠅?

Example words that use kanji 蠅 include 蠅目, 黄色猩々蠅, 牛蠅, 五月蠅.

Pre-Level 1

蠅

Meaning

Kanji 蠅

fly

Stroke Order

Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み: はいはえ
Onyomi 音読み: ヨウ
Nanori 名乗り: -

Variant: 蝿 (Legal Form) , 蝇 (Itaiji)

Jōyō: -
JLPT: -
Frequency: -
Strokes: 19
Radical: -
Components: -
Kanji Kentei: Pre-Level 1
Similar Kanji: -

Related vocabulary

Showing 8 common entries

Showing 8 of 42 entries that include this kanji.

蠅目

はえもく

Diptera

黄色猩々蠅

きいろしょうじょうばえ

Drosophila melanogaster (species of fruit fly)

牛蠅

うしばえ

ox warble fly (Hypoderma bovis)

五月蠅

さばえ

flies swarming at the beginning of summer

黒蠅

くろばえ

blowfly (excluding bluebottles and greenbottles)

肉蠅

にくばえ

flesh fly (any fly of family Sarcophagidae)

人の蠅を追うより己の蠅を追え

ひとのはえをおうよりおのれのはえをおえ

take care of yourself before you take care of others

頭の上の蠅も追えない

あたまのうえのはえもおえない

completely helpless

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Example sentences

5 reference sentences

蠅が窓にとまっている。

A fly is perched on the window.

蠅が一匹、部屋に入ってきた。

A fly came into the room.

この店には蠅が多い。

There are many flies in this shop.

蠅が食べ物のまわりを飛んでいる。

A fly is buzzing around the food.

蠅を追い払ってから食事を始めた。

I started eating after driving the fly away.

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