Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Animals & Wildlife

蜂: bee, wasp

Also: hornet

N1 (our estimate)13 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

虫 carries the meaning · 夆 is drawn in

13 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

ホウhou · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 蜂起ほうきuprising; revolt

はちhachi · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 蜂はちbee; wasp; hornet
  • 蜂蜜はちみつhoney

Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Learn it 4 steps
Print sheet Present
成り立ち

Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Insect radical + reaching a peak (夆) = the busy insect that flies to the peaks of every flower to gather its golden nectar.”
From the 虫 insect story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
虫

Also built on insect (虫)

All 15
夆

Also built on 夆

Also read ホウ

33 kanji share this on'yomiAll 33
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · fēng

Same form: 蜂 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
蜂 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
蜂 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin fēng most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

One click tells us. No sign-up.