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Zach

Readings

Kana: メイ、ミョウ、ずいむし
Romaji: mei, myō, zuimushi
Kana
Romaji

Meaning

injurious parasite

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  16
Radical Number:  142
Frequency: 
Grade: 
Skip Pattern:  1-6-10
Korean Reading:  myeong
Chinese Reading:  ming2
Unicode:  879f
JIS:  6A26

Indexes

Nelson Index: 4175
New Nelson Index: 5368
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 6d10.4
Four Corner Index: 5718.0
Daikanwanjiten Index: 33429
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 10.0073

Words

稲の螟虫 (いねのずいむし)
striped stem borer larva
螟虫 (ずいむし、めいちゅう)
pyralid larva; borer
三化螟蛾 (さんかめいが、サンカメイガ)
yellow stem borer (species of moth, Scirpophaga incertulas)
熨斗目斑螟蛾 (のしめまだらめいが、ノシメマダラメイガ)
Indian meal moth (Plodia interpunctella); indianmeal moth; pantry moth; North American high-flyer
螟蛾 (めいが、メイガ)
pyralid (any moth of family Pyralidae, many of which have larvae that devour foodstuffs)
一点大螟蛾 (いってんおおめいが、イッテンオオメイガ)
yellow stem borer (species of moth, Scirpophaga incertulas)
二化螟蛾 (にかめいが、ニカメイガ)
striped stem borer (species of moth, Chilo suppressalis)
螟蛉 (めいれい)
hornworm; adopted child
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