漢字Kanji · in Animals & Wildlife
蚊: mosquito
JLPT N110 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
虫 carries the meaning · 文 gives the sound
10 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
かka · kun'yomi · on its own
- 蚊かmosquito
- 蚊柱かばしらmosquito swarm
Special readingsThese words are read as a whole, not from the readings above.
- 蚊帳かやmosquito net
Also read ブン, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“A wriggly creature moves through the grass! The top part is the head, and the body curves below.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
蚊 takes the 文 family's reading, ブン (bun).
Also read ブン
3 kanji share this on'yomiEasy to confuse
The difference, side by side蚊 mosquito · 文
vs蛮 barbarian · 亦In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · wén
Same form: 蚊 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 蚊 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 蚊 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin wén most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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