Japanese symbol for “beetles”
甲虫類
こうちゅうるい
Romaji: kouchuurui
beetles; coleopterans; coleoptera
In Japanese, beetles is 甲虫類, read こうちゅうるい (kouchuurui).
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Meanings
- n beetles; coleopterans; coleoptera
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “beetles”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 鞘翅類 | しょうしるい shoushirui | coleopterans; beetles |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 甲板 | かんぱん kanpan | deck (of a ship) |
| 装甲 | そうこう soukou | armoring; armouring; armor |
| 甲状腺 | こうじょうせん koujousen | thyroid (gland) |
| 甲子園 | こうしえん koushien | Koshien Stadium (baseball park in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture) |
| 甲羅 | こうら koura | shell (of a crab, tortoise, etc.); carapace; plastron |
| 甲高い | かんだかい kandakai | high-pitched; shrill |
| 昆虫 | こんちゅう konchuu | insect; bug |
| 虫歯 | むしば mushiba | tooth decay; decayed tooth; dental cavity |
| 種類 | しゅるい shurui | variety; kind; type |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.