Readings

Kana: ソ、ショ、うじ
Romaji: so, sho, uji
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

worm, grub, maggot

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  11
Radical Number:  142
Frequency: 
Grade: 
Skip Pattern:  1-6-5
Korean Reading:  jeo
Chinese Reading:  ju1
Unicode:  86c6
JIS:  6957

Indexes

Nelson Index: 4128
New Nelson Index: 5299
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 6d5.5
Four Corner Index: 5711.0
Daikanwanjiten Index: 32963
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 10.0018

Words

(うじ)
maggot; larva; grub
蛆虫 (うじむし)
maggot; worm (used figuratively as a term of abuse)
土蛍 (つちぼたる)
glowworm
男やもめに蛆がわく (おとこやもめにうじがわく)
Widowers are untidy; A man alone soon goes to seed; A man goes to pieces without a woman to look after him
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