insect, bug, temper
Came from Chinese. It usually shows up when the kanji is joined to another, forming a compound word.
It is Japanese. It usually shows up when the kanji stands alone or is followed by hiragana.
The order matters: it is what makes handwriting come out legible, and it is how dictionaries index the character.
Visual decomposition, for recognising and comparing — not always the character's origin.
Where it appears is highlighted — the translation doesn't always make that visible.
ユキ、僕の冬のコート、もうダメになった。マジで、虫にやられたんだ。
Yuki, boku no fuyu no kooto, mou dame ni natta. Maji de, mushi ni yararetanda.
Yuki, my winter coat died. Literally -- there's moth damage.
もう、ポケットにも虫食いの穴があるし。
Mou, poketto ni mo mushikui no ana ga aru shi.
Oh, come on, there's a moth hole in the pocket too.
Readings and meanings: KANJIDIC2 · Decomposition: KRADFILE · Both from Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, CC BY-SA 4.0 · data from 2026-09-07 · Strokes: KanjiVG, Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0