Kanken 1
蠹

Meaning

Kanji 蠹

insects which eat into clot

insects which eat into clot, moth

Stroke Order
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Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み
きくいむし
Onyomi 音読み
ト
Nanori 名乗り
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Variant: 蠧 (Legal Form) , 螙 (Itaiji)

Jōyō
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JLPT
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Frequency
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Strokes
24
Radical
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Components
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Kanji Kentei
Level 1
Similar Kanji
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Example sentences

5 reference sentences

古い着物が蠹に食われていた。

The old kimono had been eaten by insects.

本棚の奥で蠹の被害が見つかった。

Damage caused by insects was found at the back of the bookshelf.

この木材は蠹に弱い。

This timber is vulnerable to wood-boring insects.

大切な手紙を蠹から守りたい。

I want to protect those important letters from destructive insects.

蔵の中で蠹を防ぐ工夫が必要だ。

Measures are needed to prevent insect damage in the storehouse.