蛾 — kanji meaning “moth”
蛾
moth
- Meanings
- moth
- On'yomi
- ギ (gi)、ガ (ga)
- Kun'yomi
- ひむし
- Strokes
- 13
- Classical radical
- 142
- Chinese reading
- é, yǐ — Chinese character page
Words with 蛾
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 毒蛾 | どくが dokuga | poisonous moth |
| 誘蛾灯 | ゆうがとう yuugatou | light trap (for killing insects) |
| 蛾眉 | がび gabi | delicate eyebrows; shapely eyebrows |
| 螟蛾 | めいが meiga | pyralid (any moth of family Pyralidae, many of which have larvae that devour foodstuffs) |
| 夜盗蛾 | よとうが yotouga | cabbage armyworm |
| 衣蛾 | いが iga | Tinea translucens (species of clothes moth) |
| 黄色雀蛾 | きいろすずめ kiirosuzume | yellow hawk moth |
| 火取蛾 | ひとりが hitoriga | garden tiger moth (Arctia caja) |
| 尺蛾 | しゃくが shakuga | geometer moth; geometrid |
| 蚕蛾 | かいこが kaikoga | silkworm moth; silk moth (Bombyx mori) |
| 小衣蛾 | こいが koiga | common clothes moth (Tineola biselliella) |
| 広頭小蛾 | ひろずこが hirozukoga | tineid (any moth of family Tineidae) |
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