15 strokes
Kentei exam level 1

fly

Kun'yomi
  • fly (any insect of infraorder Muscomorpha) ②person of no worth
  • はい
On'yomi
  • ヨウ

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

はえ 85.7%
はい 14.3%

Character Breakdown

fly
はえ はい ヨウ (Kentei 1)
insect, bug, temper
むし チュウ キ (1st, N2)
in, inside, middle
なか チュウ うち (1st, N5)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン シ ジョ
rising stroke
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
lightning, electricity
day, sun, Japan
ひ にっ ニチ (1st, N5)
hidden, mysterious, secret
イン オン かく.す

Common Words

fly-net cupboard
greenbottle fly
horse botfly (Gasterophilus intestinalis)
large silvery fly
biting midge (any insect of family Ceratopogonidae) ②plant hopper (any insect of family Delphacidae)
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References

Unicode hex code 877F
JIS X 0208 1-39-72
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 5344
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2685
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2725
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 0
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 6d13.1
Four corner code 5711.7