蚊
mosquito
Readings
On'yomi
- ブン
Kun'yomi
- か
Meaning
蚊 centers on the insect mosquito, a small flying pest known for biting and drawing blood.
Most common words using 蚊
20 of 39- 蚊かN3
mosquito
- 蚊帳かや
mosquito net
- 蚊取り線香かとりせんこう
mosquito coil; anti-mosquito incense
- ネッタイシマ蚊ネッタイシマか
yellow fever mosquito (Aedes aegypti)
- ヒトスジシマ蚊ヒトスジシマか
Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus)
- マラリア蚊マラリアか
malaria mosquito
- ヤブ蚊やぶか
Aedes (genus of mosquitoes); striped mosquito
- 地下家蚊ちかいえか
London Underground mosquito (Culex pipiens f. molestus)
- 大蚊ががんぼ
crane fly; daddy longlegs (insect of family Tipulidae)
- 家蚊いえか
house mosquito (genus Culex)
- 小型赤家蚊こがたあかいえか
Culex tritaeniorhynchus (species of mosquito)
- 小米蚊帳吊こごめかやつり
rice flat sedge (Cyperus iria)
- 幌蚊帳ほろがや
tent-shaped mosquito net (often used to protect infants)
- 支那翅斑蚊しなはまだらか
Anopheles sinensis (species of mosquito)
- 熱帯家蚊ねったいいえか
southern house mosquito (Culex quinquefasciatus)
- 糠蚊ぬかか
biting midge; no-see-um (any insect of family Ceratopogonidae)
- 羽斑蚊はまだらか
Anopheles (genus of mosquitoes)
- 蚊いぶしかいぶし
smoking out mosquitoes; mosquito fumigator; smudge
- 蚊の囁くような声かのささやくようなこえ
faint voice
- 蚊の涙かのなみだ
pittance; something very small
Study
Etymology
蚊 combines 虫 (insect) with 文, which likely contributes the sound ブン. The character specifically denotes a mosquito, a type of insect.
Meaning mnemonic
The insect radical 虫 on the left and 文 on the right can be remembered as a mosquito writing a pattern (文) on your skin with its bite.
Reading mnemonic
For ブン, imagine a mosquito buzzing around a bun (ブン) at a picnic, trying to land on the food.