Noun
tooth decay; decayed tooth; dental cavity; dental caries
Dentistry
どうも虫歯のようです。I think I have a decayed tooth.
Also written むし歯【むしば】、齲歯【むしば】
Characters in this word
2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
Used in names as
む
Dictionary and index codes (32)
| Code | Reference |
|---|---|
| 4-6-3, 2-4-2 | SKIP code |
| 6d0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 5013.6 | Four corner code |
| 1671 | deroo |
| 866b | Unicode hex code |
| 1-35-78 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 4115 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 5275 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 3530 | New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4343 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2199 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2959 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 517 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 556 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1073 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 324 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 133 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 32804 | Morohashi |
| 56 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 873 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 893 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 114 | sakade |
| 875 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 74 | henshall3 |
| 60 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 466 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1604 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 523 | Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette) |
| chong2, hui3 | Pinyin reading |
| hwe, chung | Korean reading |
| n2 | JLPT level (KANJIDIC2) |
| 4 | WaniKani level |
歯
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
Dictionary and index codes (32)
| Code | Reference |
|---|---|
| 2-4-8 | SKIP code |
| 6b6.11 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2177.2 | Four corner code |
| 1275 | deroo |
| 6b6f | Unicode hex code |
| 1-27-85 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5428 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 2961 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2476 | New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3124 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1603 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2185 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1171 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1255 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 997 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2051 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 439 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 16323 | Morohashi |
| 290 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 478 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 486 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 414 | sakade |
| 652 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 306 | henshall3 |
| 398 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 702 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1942 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1179 | Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette) |
| chi3 | Pinyin reading |
| chi | Korean reading |
| n3 | JLPT level (KANJIDIC2) |
| 12 | WaniKani level |