Word Meaning 恙虫

つつがむし tsutsugamushi

恙虫 is read as つつがむし (tsutsugamushi) and means chigger.

Meaning

English

  1. chigger
  2. jigger
  3. harvest mite (any mite of family Trombiculidae)

Reading

Kana

つつがむし

Romaji

tsutsugamushi

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 16 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Kanken 1級 Rank 159338 Priority Z

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

恙虫病

つつがむしびょう

scrub typhus

赤恙虫

あかつつがむし

scrub typhus mite (Leptotrombidium akamushi)

むし

mushi (type of game played with a stripped deck)

昆虫

こんちゅう

insect

害虫

がいちゅう

harmful insect

弱虫

よわむし

coward

毛虫

けむし

hairy caterpillar

寄生虫

きせいちゅう

parasite

幼虫

ようちゅう

larva

水虫

みずむし

Asellus hilgendorfi (species of aquatic sowbug)

成虫

せいちゅう

imago

防虫

ぼうちゅう

protection from insects