Kanji
蚊
N1
10 strokes
Grade 8
freq #2121
mosquito
On'yomi (音読み)
ブン
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
か
On'yomi compounds (音読み)
蚊
か
mosquito
蚊帳
かや
mosquito net
蚊火
かび
smoky fire to repel mosquitoes
幌蚊帳
ほろがや
tent-shaped mosquito net (often used to protect infants)
蚊食鳥
かくいどり
bat
揺蚊
ユスリカ
chironomid (any insect of family Chironomidae); non-biting midge
糠蚊
ぬかか
biting midge; no-see-um (any insect of family Ceratopogonidae)
地下家蚊
ちかいえか
London Underground mosquito (Culex pipiens f. molestus)
蚊帳吊草
かやつりぐさ
galingale (any plant of genus Cyperus, esp. species Cyperus microiria)
赤家蚊
あかいえか
common house mosquito (Culex pipiens); northern house mosquito
Kun'yomi words (訓読み)
蚊取り
かとり
mosquito repellent
ネッタイシマ蚊
ネッタイシマか
yellow fever mosquito (Aedes aegypti)
ヒトスジシマ蚊
ヒトスジシマか
Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus)
蚊帳の外に置く
かやのそとにおく
to leave in the dark; to leave out in the cold
蚊よけ
かよけ
mosquito repellent
蚊の囁くような声
かのささやくようなこえ
faint voice
Example sentences
私（わたし）は昨晩（さくばん）蚊（か）になやまされた。
I was harried by mosquitoes last night.
私（わたし）は蚊（か）を入（い）れないよう窓（まど）を閉（し）めた。
I shut the window to keep the mosquitoes out.