鋏虫

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鋏	虫
はさみ Hyōgaiji	むし Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Alternative spellings
鋏蟲 (kyūjitai) 蠼螋

Etymology

鋏 (hasami, “pincers”) +‎ 虫 (mushi, “insect”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) はさみむし [hàsámíꜜmùshì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2]
IPA^(key): [ha̠sa̠mʲimɯ̟ᵝɕi]

Noun

鋏(はさみ)虫(むし) or 鋏虫(ハサミムシ) • (hasamimushi)

earwig
1. maritime earwig

Derived terms

鋏虫目(はさみむしもく) (hasamimushimoku, “Dermaptera”)

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

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