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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)
Common readings
On
   ホウ
Kun
   はち bee, wasp, hornet
Additional readings
Name    ほ
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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.
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 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
ほ う き 1
uprising; revolt
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はち : 20 words FIND ALL
は ち 2
noun
bee; wasp; hornet
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はち (read as ばち) : 41 words FIND ALL
み つ ば ち 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.
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Additional data
Henshall: -  Joy o' Kanji : 2109  Key to Kanji: - 

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蜂
ホウ   はち bee, wasp, hornet   
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虫
チュウ   むし insect   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
丶
dot   
中
チュウ   ジュウ   なか middle   
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口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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丨
stick   
夆
resist   
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夂
go
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丰
ladder
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