Entry
  1. Noun

    bee fly (any insect of family Bombyliidae)

    Usually written using kana alone

Also written 釣虻【つりあぶ】長吻虻【つりあぶ】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

suspend, hang, wear (sword)

Kun
つ.るつる.す
On
チョウ
Strokes
6
Frequency
2475 of 2500
Radical
mouth

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (14)
CodeReference
2-3-3SKIP code
3d3.8The Kanji Dictionary
6022.7Four corner code
540aUnicode hex code
1-36-63JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
884Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
710New Nelson (John Haig)
2163New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2686Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2171Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2289Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3291Morohashi
diao4Pinyin reading
jo, jeogKorean reading
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

gadfly, horsefly

Kun
あぶ
On
ボウ
Strokes
9
Radical
insect

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (11)
CodeReference
1-6-3SKIP code
6d3.2The Kanji Dictionary
5011.0Four corner code
867bUnicode hex code
1-16-26JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4117Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5277New Nelson (John Haig)
1134Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
32835Morohashi
meng2Pinyin reading
maengKorean reading