螟 — kanji meaning “injurious parasite”
螟
injurious parasite
- Meanings
- injurious parasite
- On'yomi
- メイ (mei)、ミョウ (myou)
- Kun'yomi
- ずいむし
- Strokes
- 16
- Classical radical
- 142
- Chinese reading
- míng — Chinese character page
Words with 螟
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 螟蛾 | めいが meiga | pyralid (any moth of family Pyralidae, many of which have larvae that devour foodstuffs) |
| 螟虫 | ずいむし zuimushi | pyralid larva; borer |
| 三化螟蛾 | さんかめいが sankameiga | yellow stem borer (species of moth, Scirpophaga incertulas) |
| 二化螟蛾 | にかめいが nikameiga | striped stem borer (Chilo suppressalis) |
| 稲の螟虫 | いねのずいむし inenozuimushi | striped stem borer larva |
| 螟蛉 | めいれい meirei | hornworm |
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