鋏虫

Japanese

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Alternative forms

蠼螋

Noun

鋏虫 (hiragana はさみむし, katakana ハサミムシ, rōmaji hasamimushi)

earwig
1. maritime earwig

Derived terms

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

References

↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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