Entry
  1. Noun

    tiger beetle (esp. the Japanese tiger beetle, Cicindela japonica)

    Usually written using kana alone

  2. blister beetle; oil beetle

    Colloquialsee 土斑猫

Also written 斑蝥【はんみょう】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

spot, blemish, speck, patches

Kun
まだら
On
ハン
Strokes
12
Taught
Junior high
Frequency
2165 of 2500
Radical
script

Built from

Used in names as

Dictionary and index codes (17)
CodeReference
1-4-8SKIP code
4f8.3The Kanji Dictionary
1111.4Four corner code
6591Unicode hex code
1-40-35JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2950Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2371New Nelson (John Haig)
1000New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1260Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
911Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2556Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1865Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1609Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
13470Morohashi
1469Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
ban1Pinyin reading
banKorean reading
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

cat

Kun
ねこ
On
ビョウ
Strokes
11
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N3
Frequency
1702 of 2500
Radical
dog
WaniKani
Level 15

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (29)
CodeReference
1-3-8SKIP code
3g8.5The Kanji Dictionary
4426.0Four corner code
2976deroo
732bUnicode hex code
1-39-13JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2893Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3586New Nelson (John Haig)
535New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
651Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
391Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
488Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
244Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
259Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1763A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1304Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
20535XMorohashi
1742A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1470Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1567Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
730Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1461Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1410Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1304Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
250Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
mao1, mao2Pinyin reading
myoKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
15WaniKani level