Japanese symbol for “locusts”

飛蝗

ひこう

Romaji: hikou

locust swarming; locust swarm; (swarming) locusts

In Japanese, locusts is 飛蝗, read ひこう (hikou).

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Meanings

n locust swarming; locust swarm; (swarming) locusts

Written forms: 飛蝗、飛び蝗虫. Readings: ひこう、とびばった.

Kanji and stroke order

飛

fly, skip (pages), scatter

on: ヒ
kun: と.ぶ、と.ばす、-と.ばす

9 strokes · JLPT 2

蝗

locust

on: コウ
kun: いなご、ばった

15 strokes

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
飛行	ひこう hikou	flight; flying; aviation
飛行機	ひこうき hikouki	airplane; aeroplane; plane
飛ぶ	とぶ tobu	to fly; to soar
飛躍	ひやく hiyaku	leap; jump
飛ばし	とばし tobashi	selling or divesting in unwanted stocks; hiding bad loans
飛ばす	とばす tobasu	to let fly; to make fly; to send flying
精霊飛蝗	しょうりょうばった shouryoubatta	Oriental longheaded locust (Acrida cinerea)
羽長蝗	はねながいなご hanenagainago	rice grasshopper

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.