Search Kanji for むし

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虫

insect

Meaning: insect; bug; temper
Kun-yomi: むし
On-yomi: チュウ/キ
佝

foolish

Meaning: foolish; stopped over
Kun-yomi: せむし
On-yomi: コウ/ク
苧

hemp

Meaning: hemp; flax
Kun-yomi: お/からんし/からむし
On-yomi: チョ
毟

pluck

Meaning: pluck; pick; tear; (kokuji)
Kun-yomi: むし.る
On-yomi:
虺

large poisonous snake

Meaning: large poisonous snake
Kun-yomi: まむし
On-yomi: キ/カイ/ケ
挘

pluck

Meaning: pluck; pick; tear; (kokuji)
Kun-yomi: むし.る/むしりと.る
On-yomi:
尮

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: あしなえ/せむし
On-yomi: タ
枲

male nettle-hemp

Meaning: male nettle-hemp
Kun-yomi: からむし
On-yomi: シ
席

seat

Meaning: seat; mat; occasion; place
Kun-yomi: むしろ
On-yomi: セキ
蚘

tapeworm

Meaning: tapeworm
Kun-yomi: かいちゅう/はらのむし
On-yomi: カイ/ユウ
蚚

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: こくぞうむし
On-yomi: キ/ゲ/カイ
蚜

plant louse

Meaning: plant louse; aphids
Kun-yomi: あぶらむし
On-yomi: カ/ケ
痀

crouch

Meaning: crouch; hunchback
Kun-yomi: せむし
On-yomi: ク/ウ
玆

now

Meaning: now; here; this; time; year
Kun-yomi: しげ.る/ます/むしろ/ここに
On-yomi: シ/ケン
毮

to pull out hair, etc.

Meaning: to pull out hair, etc.; (kokuji)
Kun-yomi: むし.る
On-yomi:
莚

straw mat

Meaning: straw mat
Kun-yomi: むしろ
On-yomi: エン
蛀

insects that eat books

Meaning: insects that eat books; clothes
Kun-yomi: きくいむし
On-yomi: シュ
筕

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: たけむしろ
On-yomi: コウ/ギョウ/グウ
蛒

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: すくもむし
On-yomi: カク/キャク/ラク
葈

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: からむし
On-yomi: シ
寍

used as a term of comparison

Meaning: used as a term of comparison
Kun-yomi: むし.ろ
On-yomi: ネイ
蛔

intestinal worms

Meaning: intestinal worms
Kun-yomi: かいちゅう/はらのむし
On-yomi: カイ/ユウ
溽

humid

Meaning: humid
Kun-yomi: むしあつ.い
On-yomi: ヒョク/ジョク
蛾

moth

Meaning: moth
Kun-yomi: ひむし
On-yomi: ギ/ガ
毹

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: けむしろ
On-yomi: ユ/ス/シュ
蜀

green caterpillar

Meaning: green caterpillar; Szechwan
Kun-yomi: いもむし
On-yomi: ショク/ゾク
傴

bend over

Meaning: bend over; stoop; bow
Kun-yomi: かが.む/せむし
On-yomi: ク/ウ
筵

straw mat

Meaning: straw mat
Kun-yomi: むしろ
On-yomi: エン
蜚

beetle

Meaning: beetle; cockroach
Kun-yomi: あぶらむし
On-yomi: ヒ
寧

rather

Meaning: rather; preferably; peaceful; quiet; tranquility
Kun-yomi: むし.ろ
On-yomi: ネイ
蝕

eclipse

Meaning: eclipse; occultation; be defective
Kun-yomi: むしば.む
On-yomi: ショク
蜡

wax

Meaning: wax; candle; waxy; glazed; maggot
Kun-yomi: うじむし
On-yomi: ショ/ワ/ジャ/セキ/シャク
蜮

fabulous creature like a turtle

Meaning: fabulous creature like a turtle; toad
Kun-yomi: いさごむし
On-yomi: ヨク/イキ/コク/ワク
蓆

straw mat

Meaning: straw mat; matting
Kun-yomi: むしろ
On-yomi: セキ
蝎

scorpion

Meaning: scorpion
Kun-yomi: さそり/すくもむし
On-yomi: カツ
蝮

viper

Meaning: viper; adder; asp
Kun-yomi: まむし
On-yomi: フク
蝤

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: きくいむし
On-yomi: シュウ/ジュ/ヨウ/ヨ
駞

camel

Meaning: camel
Kun-yomi: せむし
On-yomi: タ
駝

hunchback

Meaning: hunchback; load
Kun-yomi: せむし
On-yomi: ダ/タ
瘻

fistula

Meaning: fistula
Kun-yomi: せむし/かさ/できもの
On-yomi: ル/ロウ
螟

injurious parasite

Meaning: injurious parasite
Kun-yomi: ずいむし
On-yomi: メイ/ミョウ
篨

coarse bamboo mat

Meaning: coarse bamboo mat; ugly
Kun-yomi: たけむしろ
On-yomi: チョ/ジョ
螙

grubs in wood

Meaning: grubs in wood; worms in books, clothes, etc; used figuratively of corrupt officials
Kun-yomi: きくいむし
On-yomi: ト
螠

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: ゆむし
On-yomi: イ
瘺

anal fistula

Meaning: anal fistula; tumor; sore
Kun-yomi: せむし/かさ/できもの
On-yomi: ル/ロウ
蟈

small green frog

Meaning: small green frog; cicada
Kun-yomi: いさごむし
On-yomi: カク/ヨク/イキ
蟊

fly which is used similarly to cantharides

Meaning: fly which is used similarly to cantharides
Kun-yomi: ねきりむし
On-yomi: ボウ/ム
簟

a type of bamboo

Meaning: a type of bamboo; round bamboo lunchbox
Kun-yomi: たかむしろ
On-yomi: タン/テン
蟲

insect

Meaning: insect; bug; temper
Kun-yomi: むし
On-yomi: チュウ/キ
蟠

coiled up

Meaning: coiled up
Kun-yomi: わだかま.る/わらじむし
On-yomi: ハン
餴

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: むす/むしめし
On-yomi: フン
軁

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: せむし
On-yomi: ロウ/ル
蟖

moth larva

Meaning: moth larva; grasshopper
Kun-yomi: けむし
On-yomi: シ
蠋

caterpillar

Meaning: caterpillar
Kun-yomi: けむし
On-yomi: チョク/ショク/ドク/ゾク
蠓

midges

Meaning: midges; sandflies
Kun-yomi: かつおむし
On-yomi: ボウ/ム
蠚

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: さ.す/いた.む/さすむし
On-yomi: カク/チャク/セキ/シャク
蠛

flies

Meaning: flies; small insects produced in damp places
Kun-yomi: かつおむし
On-yomi: ベツ/メチ
癬

ringworm

Meaning: ringworm
Kun-yomi: たむし
On-yomi: セン
蠧

worm-eaten

Meaning: worm-eaten
Kun-yomi: きくいむし
On-yomi: ト
饙

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: むす/むしめし
On-yomi: フン
蠰

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: かみきりむし
On-yomi: ショウ/ソウ/ジョウ/ニョウ
蠹

moth

Meaning: moth; insects which eat into clot
Kun-yomi: きくいむし
On-yomi: ト
齲

decayed tooth

Meaning: decayed tooth; cavity
Kun-yomi: むしば
On-yomi: ク/ウ

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