noun

  1. insect, bug, cricket, moth.
  2. worm, roundworm.
  3. thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings, (one's) unconscious. From a traditional belief of an internal insect.
  4. nervousness, fretfulness.
  5. person devoted to one thing, single-minded person.
  6. valve core.
  7. Messages.hanaf.mushi (type of game played with a stripped deck). Usually written with kana alone.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
むし
むし

Contained Kanji Breakdown

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)