cricket; bush-cricket
Rare, literary kanji spelling for こおろぎ (cricket). Used in classical or poetic contexts; not used in everyday writing.
See also: コオロギ (こおろぎ)
In classical texts, 絡糸嬢 is sometimes used to refer to a cricket.
The kanji 絡 (entwine), 糸 (thread), and 嬢 (young lady) are ateji used phonetically for the sound らくしじょう, an old Chinese-derived name for the cricket. The exact derivation is uncertain; the spelling is a literary convention.