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蜂 means 'bee'

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Strokes : 13    Frequency: 2052   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-39    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 22 words   Used in 78 words   Used in 102 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
On
   ホウ
Kun
   はち bee, wasp, hornet
Name   
A Joy o' Kanji essay is available for 蜂 - click the badge to download
Find out why some Japanese eat bee larvae and "royal jelly," what traditional Japanese beekeeping involves, how Japanese and Western honeybees differ, and where bees thrive in Japan. Learn to count bees and to say that they're buzzing or that a swarm has attacked! Read about "buzzing" in the ears and bee uprisings, and see why a figurative queen bee seems sexy and marketable in Japan.
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Intricate Systems
繭 桑 巣 蜂
These essays detail complex, interdependent systems, both natural and economic. Sericulture was once so essential to Japan's economy that mulberry (桑) fields are marked on maps, as silkworms eat only mulberry leaves. These animals laboriously spin cocoons (繭), producing filaments that become silk kimonos after many financial transactions. Similarly, Japanese apiarists oversee busy bees (蜂) that make not only hives and honeycomb but also honey to be sold and consumed in multiple ways. Animals build intricate nests and webs (both 巣) that inspire terrific Japanese figurative language. People even eat some nests!
⿰   insect   resist  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 蜂 is used 2 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 蜂 is used 72 times, read 2 ways (with 1 variation).
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ホウ : 11 words FIND ALL
1
uprising; revolt
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はち : 20 words FIND ALL
2
noun
bee; wasp; hornet
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はち (read as ばち) : 41 words FIND ALL
2
noun
honeybee (Apis sp.); honey bee  (often written with kana only)
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An additional 6 less common words include 蜂 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
Henshall: Joy o' Kanji : 2109  Key to Kanji:

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ホウ   はち bee, wasp, hornet   
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チュウ   むし insect   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
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チュウ   ジュウ   なか middle   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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stick   
resist   
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