Entry
  1. Noun

    roundworm (Ascaris lumbricoides); mawworm; intestinal worm

    先日便に回虫が出ました。
    He had a roundworm in his stool the other day.

Also written 蛔虫【かいちゅう】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

-times, round, game, revolve, counter for occurrences

Kun
まわ.る-まわ.る-まわ.りまわ.す-まわ.すまわ.し--まわ.しもとお.るか.える
On
カイ
Strokes
6
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N3
Frequency
50 of 2500
Radical
enclosure
WaniKani
Level 5

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
3-3-3SKIP code
3s3.1The Kanji Dictionary
6060.0Four corner code
3777deroo
56deUnicode hex code
1-18-83JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1028Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
941New Nelson (John Haig)
3055New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3793Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1937Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2630Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
586Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
630Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
64A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
309Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
571Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
4690Morohashi
86A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
90Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
90Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
168sakade
141Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
92henshall3
118Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
421crowley
162Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.4busy_people
338Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
593Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
hui2Pinyin reading
hoeKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
5WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

insect, bug, temper

Kun
むし
On
チュウ
Strokes
6
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N2
Frequency
1351 of 2500
Radical
insect
WaniKani
Level 4

Built from

Used in names as

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
4-6-3, 2-4-2SKIP code
6d0.1The Kanji Dictionary
5013.6Four corner code
1671deroo
866bUnicode hex code
1-35-78JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4115Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5275New Nelson (John Haig)
3530New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4343Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2199Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2959Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
517Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
556Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1073A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
324Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
133Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
32804Morohashi
56A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
873Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
893Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
114sakade
875Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
74henshall3
60Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
466Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1604Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
523Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
chong2, hui3Pinyin reading
hwe, chungKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
4WaniKani level