兜虫

Japanese

Kanji in this term
兜	虫
かぶと Jinmeiyō	むし Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

甲虫

Etymology

From 兜 (kabuto, “war helmet”) +‎ 虫 (mushi, “bug”), in reference to the similarities between its horn and the bit on a Japanese war helmet

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) かぶとむし [kàbútóꜜmùshì] (Nakadaka – [3])
- IPA^(key): [ka̠bɯ̟ᵝto̞mɯ̟ᵝɕi]

Noun

兜虫 (hiragana かぶとむし, katakana カブトムシ, rōmaji kabutomushi)

a Japanese rhinoceros beetle

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