鋏虫

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鋏	虫
はさみ Hyōgai	むし Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
鋏蟲 (kyūjitai) 蠼螋

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

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, Tokyo: 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN