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					Grade 1 - 虫 
 Kanji character Grade 1 虫. Writing practice along 
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			| About |  
			| insect, bug, temper Kun: むし
 On: チュウ、 キ
 6 strokes
 Radical: insect 虫
 Parts: 虫
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			| Onyomi |  
			| 虫垂炎 【チュウスイエン】 appendicitis 虫えい 【チュウエイ】 gall (abnormal plant growth formed by insects)
 幼虫 【ヨウチュウ】 larva, grub, maggot
 寄生虫 【キセイチュウ】 parasite
 虫部 【キブ】 insect radical, worm radical
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			| Kunyomi |  
			| 虫 【むし】 insect, bug, cricket, moth, worm, roundworm, one's emotions, 
			one's feelings, nervousness, fretfulness, person devoted to one 
			thing, single-minded person, valve core, mushi (type of game played 
			with a stripped deck) 虫歯 【むしば】 cavity, tooth decay, decayed tooth, dental caries
 苦虫 【にがむし】 bitter-tasting bug
 馬追虫 【うまおいむし】 Hexacentrus japonicus (species of katydid), Hexacentrus 
			unicolor (species of katydid)
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