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蚣 Kanji meaning "centipede, grasshopper"

Jiten frequency #4780Kanken Level 110 strokes

Meanings

centipede, grasshopper

On'yomi

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Most common words using this kanji

蜈蚣(むかで)centipede#139936大(おお)蜈蚣(むかで)Scolopendra subspinipes (species of centipede)#381260蚣蝮(はか)Baxia (legendary Chinese dragon)#381260石(いし)蜈蚣(むかで)stone centipede (Lithobiomorpha spp.)#463992蜈蚣(むかで)メリベMelibe viridis (species of sea slug)#463992小(こ)蜈蚣(むかで)symphylan (any centipede-like arthropod of class Symphyla)#463992
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