船食虫

Japanese

Kanji in this term
船 食 虫
ふな
Grade: 2 		く(い)
Grade: 2 		むし
Grade: 1
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
船食蟲 (kyūjitai)
船喰虫

Etymology

船 (funa, “ship”) +‎ 食い (kui, “eating”) +‎ 虫 (mushi, “worm; bug”)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ふなくいむし [fùnákúꜜìmùshì] (Nakadaka – [3])
  • IPA(key): [ɸɯ̟na̠kɯ̟imɯ̟ɕi]

Noun

船(ふな)食(くい)虫(むし) or 船食虫(フナクイムシ) • (funakuimushi) ←ふなくひむし (funakufimusi) or フナクヒムシ (funakufimusi)?

  1. a shipworm
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