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Entry

  1. Noun

    aphid; plant louse

    Usually written using kana alone

  2. cockroach

    Kansai dialectsee ゴキブリ

  3. Japanese house bat (Pipistrellus abramus)

    Rare termsee 油蝙蝠

  4. hanger-on; parasite

  5. visitor to a red-light district who's only there to look

    Archaic

Also written あぶら虫【あぶらむし】、蚜虫【あぶらむし】

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Characters in this word

2
油
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

oil, fat

Kun
あぶら
On
ユユウ
Strokes
8
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N2
Frequency
690 of 2500
Radical
水 water
WaniKani
Level 35

Built from

｜汁日田
Words starting with 油Words ending in 油Anywhere in a word
Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
1-3-5SKIP code
3a5.6The Kanji Dictionary
3516.0Four corner code
376deroo
6cb9Unicode hex code
1-44-93JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2534Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3106New Nelson (John Haig)
341New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
400Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
255Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
303Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1107Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1188Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
689A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
593Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
298Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
17253Morohashi
400A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
364Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
365Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
522sakade
671Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
422henshall3
317Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
624Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1183Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1116Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
you2Pinyin reading
yuKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
35WaniKani level
虫
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

insect, bug, temper

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

Built from

虫

Used in names as

む

Words starting with 虫Words ending in 虫Anywhere in a word
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