虻
Readings
Kana:
ボウ、あぶ
Romaji:
bou, abu
Meanings
gadfly, horsefly
Stroke Diagram
Kanji Info
Stroke Count:
9
Radical Number:
142
Frequency:
Grade:
Skip Pattern:
1-6-3
Korean Reading:
maeng
Chinese Reading:
meng2
Unicode:
867b
JIS:
303A
Indexes
Nelson Index: 4117
New Nelson Index: 5277
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 6d3.2
Four Corner Index: 5011.0
Japanese Names Index: 1134
Daikanwanjiten Index: 32835
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 10.0005
Words
虻
(あぶ、あむ、アブ)
horsefly; gadfly
花虻
(はなあぶ、ハナアブ)
hoverfly (any fly of family Syrphidae); syrphid; drone fly (Eristalis tenax)
吊虻
(つりあぶ、ツリアブ)
bee fly (any insect of family Bombyliidae)
馬虻
(うまあぶ)
horse botfly
赤牛虻
(あかうしあぶ、アカウシアブ)
Tabanus chrysurus (species of horsefly)
虻蜂取らず
(あぶはちとらず)
attempting two tasks simultaneously, accomplishing neither
牛虻
(うしあぶ、ウシアブ)
Tabanus trigonus (species of horsefly)
盲虻
(めくらあぶ、メクラアブ)
deerfly (Chrysops suavis)
虫引虻
(むしひきあぶ、ムシヒキアブ)
robber fly (any fly of family Asilidae)
水虻
(みずあぶ、ミズアブ)
soldier fly (any fly of family Stratiomyidae, esp. species Stratiomys japonica)