毛虫

See also: 毛蟲

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 毛虫 – see 毛蟲 (“caterpillar”). (This term, 毛虫, is the simplified form of 毛蟲.)
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
毛	虫
け Grade: 2	むし Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
毛蟲 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

毛 (ke, “hair”) +‎ 虫 (mushi, “worm”)

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi

(Tokyo) けむし [kèmúshí] (Heiban – [0])
(Tokyo) けむし [kèmúshíꜜ] (Odaka – [3])
IPA^(key): [ke̞mɯ̟ᵝɕi]

Noun

毛(け)虫(むし) • (kemushi)

a hairy caterpillar
Synonym: (Tsugaru) げんだが (gendaga)
- 1921, 寺田寅彦, 蜂が団子をこしらえる話:
  その代(かわ)り今年(ことし)はこれと変(かわ)った毛虫(けむし)が非常(ひじょう)に沢山(たくさん)に現(あら)われて来(き)た。
  Sono kawari kotoshi wa kore to kawatta kemushi ga hijō ni takusan ni arawarete kita.
  Instead we have seen the appearance of extremely many caterpillars different from this.

See also

芋(イモ)虫(ムシ) (imomushi)

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