Word Meaning 虫食い

むしくい mushikui

虫食い is read as むしくい (mushikui) and means holes eaten in clothing, leaves, etc. by caterpillars, moths, etc..

Meaning

English

  1. holes eaten in clothing, leaves, etc. by caterpillars, moths, etc.
  2. worm-eaten
  3. moth-eaten
  4. leaf warbler (any bird of genus Phylloscopus)
  5. chiffchaff
  6. willow wren

Reading

Kana

むしくい

Romaji

mushikui

Writing Variants

  • 虫喰い むしくい mushikui

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 17 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 8638 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

虫食い歯

むしくいば

decayed tooth

米食い虫

こめくいむし

rice weevil

食虫性

しょくちゅうせい

insectivorous

木食虫

きくいむし

bark beetle (Scolytidae spp.)

食虫植物

しょくちゅうしょくぶつ

insectivorous plants

船食虫

ふなくいむし

shipworm (esp. naval shipworm, Teredo navalis)

食虫

しょくちゅう

insectivore

松食虫

まつくいむし

insects harmful to pine trees

昆虫食

こんちゅうしょく

entomophagy

むし

mushi (type of game played with a stripped deck)