鋏虫

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鋏	虫
はさみ Hyōgaiji	むし Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
鋏蟲 (kyūjitai)

Alternative forms

蠼螋

Etymology

鋏 (hasami, “pincers”) +‎ 虫 (mushi, “insect”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) はさみむし [hàsámíꜜmùshì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2]
IPA^(key): [ha̠sa̠mʲimɯ̟ᵝɕi]

Noun

鋏(はさみ)虫(むし) • (hasamimushi)

earwig
1. maritime earwig

Derived terms

鋏虫目(はさみむしもく) (hasamimushimoku, “Dermaptera”)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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