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サソリ (さそり) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

サソリ

さ

そ

り

Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

noun

scorpion

usually written using kana alone

Refers to the arachnid; no special nuance.

砂さ漠ばくでサソリを見みつけた。
I found a scorpion in the desert.

Written forms

サソリUsage49%
kana-only spelling
Katakana spelling is common for this animal name; usually written in kana.
さそりUsage31%
Hiragana spelling, also used.
蠍さそりUsage20%
Kanji form is rare and not commonly used in modern Japanese.

Kanji

蠍scorpion

Etymology

The word is native Japanese; the kanji 蠍 is a Chinese character for scorpion, but the reading さそり is not derived from it.