JLPT N3 · Animals

蚊

か

mosquito

Stroke order of 蚊

蚊 is written with 10 strokes. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

Memory trick

A bug (虫) that bites you and takes the letters (文) as a pest: a mosquito.

Parts: 虫 bug + 文 (sound part)

Example sentence

夜、蚊に刺された。

よる、かにさされた。

I got bitten by a mosquito at night.

More words: Animals

昆虫insect 蝶butterfly 蜂bee 羊sheep 猿monkey 熊bear 虎tiger 象elephant 鹿deer 狐fox 兎rabbit 亀turtle 蛇snake 鶏chicken

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