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Kotomora

蛾

moth

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Readings

On'yomi

  • ギ
  • ガ

Kun'yomi

  • ひむし

Meaning

蛾 centers on a moth, a winged insect related to butterflies but typically nocturnal and less colorful.

Most common words using 蛾

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  • 蛾が

    moth

  • 衣蛾いが

    Tinea translucens (species of clothes moth)

  • 一点大螟蛾いってんおおめいが

    yellow stem borer (Scirpophaga incertulas)

  • 三化螟蛾さんかめいが

    yellow stem borer (species of moth, Scirpophaga incertulas)

  • 二化螟蛾にかめいが

    striped stem borer (Chilo suppressalis)

  • 刺蛾いらが

    Monema flavescens (species of slug moth)

  • 夜盗蛾よとうが

    cabbage armyworm

  • 夜蛾やが

    owlet moth (members of the family Noctuidae); noctuid

  • 大透翅蛾おおすかしば

    coffee bee hawkmoth (Cephonodes hylas); pellucid hawk moth; coffee clearwing

  • 天社蛾しゃちほこが

    lobster moth (Stauropus fagi persimilis)

  • 小菜蛾こなが

    diamondback moth (Plutella xylostella); cabbage moth

  • 小衣蛾こいが

    common clothes moth (Tineola biselliella)

  • 尺蛾しゃくが

    geometer moth; geometrid

  • 山繭蛾やままゆが

    Japanese oak silkmoth (Antheraea yamamai)

  • 巴蛾ともえが

    Indian owlet-moth (Spirama retorta)

  • 広頭小蛾ひろずこが

    tineid (any moth of family Tineidae)

  • 木蠹蛾ぼくとうが

    Yakudza vicarius (species of moth)

  • 杉毒蛾すぎどくが

    Calliteara argentata (species of moth)

  • 毒蛾どくが

    poisonous moth

  • 火取蛾ひとりが

    garden tiger moth (Arctia caja)

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Etymology

蛾 combines 虫 (insect) with 我, which likely contributes the sound. The character specifically denotes a moth.

Meaning mnemonic

The insect radical 虫 on the left tells you it's a bug, and the right side 我 looks like a moth with its wings spread. Together, 蛾 is a moth.

Reading mnemonic

For ギ, imagine a moth flying toward a bright key: key -> ギ, and the moth is drawn to the light.