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蜂 means 'bee'

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Strokes : 13    Frequency: 2052   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Challenge set: 18    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 19 words   Used in 78 words   Used in 102 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   ホウ
Kun
   はち bee, wasp, hornet
Additional readings
Name    ほ
Notes
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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Components
⿰  虫 insect  夆 resist  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 蜂 is used 1 time, read 1 way.
Across all words in Japanese, 蜂 is used 72 times, read 2 ways (with 1 variation).
ホウ : 11 words FIND ALL
uprising; revolt
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はち : 20 words FIND ALL
noun
bee; wasp; hornet
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はち (read as ばち) : 41 words FIND ALL
noun
1. hornet; yellow jacket; wasp (of subfamily Vespinae)  (often written with kana only)
2. Asian giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia); yak-killer hornet  (see also: 大雀蜂; often written with kana only)
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蜂
ホウ   はち bee, wasp, hornet   
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5
虫
チュウ   むし insect   
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4
一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
1
丶
dot   
中
チュウ   ジュウ   なか middle   
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1
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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2
丨
stick   
夆
resist   
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夂
go
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丰
ladder
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