Word Meaning

けら kera

螻 is read as けら (kera) and means mole cricket (esp. the Oriental mole cricket, Gryllotalpa orientalis).

Meaning

English

  1. mole cricket (esp. the Oriental mole cricket, Gryllotalpa orientalis)
  2. being penniless
  3. being broke

Reading

Kana

けら

Romaji

kera

Writing Variants

  • おけら okera
  • 螻蛄 おけら okera
  • 螻蛄 けら kera
  • 螻蛄 ろうこ rouko

Stroke Sequence

1 Characters • 17 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Kanken 1級 Rank 161310 Priority Z

Example Sentences

5

にわでけらをみつけた。

I found a mole cricket in the garden.

けらはつちのなかをよくほる。

Mole crickets are good at digging through the soil.

はたけのなえがけらにくわれた。

The seedlings in the field were eaten by mole crickets.

こどものころ、けらをむしかごでかった。

When I was a child, I kept a mole cricket in an insect cage.

あめのあと、みちばたにけらがでてきた。

After the rain, a mole cricket came out by the roadside.