Kanji
N1 8 strokes Grade 8 freq #1688

descendants, elder brother, insect

On'yomi (音読み)

Radical (部首)

sun/day hi

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

insect; bug
kombu (usu. Saccharina japonica); konbu
medical entomology
Laminaria longissima (species of kelp)
Laminaria ochotensis (species of kelp)
sour kombu prepared with black vinegar
Insecta (class comprising the insects)
thin strips of kombu cooked in soy sauce, etc. then dried
entomophagy; insect eating
sixth-generation descendant; great-great-great-great-grandchild

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

shredded kombu
insect virus
kagome kombu (Saccharina sculpera)
salted or vinegared fish pressed between sheets of kombu
sliced dried herring or other fish wrapped in kombu seaweed and boiled

Example sentences

Birds are natural enemies of insects.

If you look carefully, you'll find some insects.