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蝿 = 虫 + 田 + 乙
蝿 is a Japanese kanji written with 15 strokes, listed here under the keyword “housefly”. It is built from 虫 (insect), 田 (rice field) and 乙 (fish guts). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2725.
- Keyword
- housefly
- RTK frame
- 2725
- Strokes
- 15
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ヨウ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- はえ, はい
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- fly, домохозяйка
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 蝿 flies
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 蝿 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “insect” + “rice field” + “fish guts”. 蝿 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 蝿 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.