蚊

• 読み: か
• ローマ字: ka
• 漢字の分解: 蚊 (ka) — mosquito
• 発音: /ka/

意味

Mosquito. A small flying insect that bites and sucks blood, common in summer.

A noun for mosquito, one of the most familiar summer pests in Japan. Common expressions include 蚊に刺される (to be bitten by a mosquito), 蚊取り線香 (katori senkou, mosquito coil), and 蚊帳 (kaya, mosquito net). The sound of a mosquito buzzing is a quintessential Japanese summer experience.

例文

1. 昨夜蚊に刺されて腕がかゆい。
2. 夏になると蚊が増えるので対策が必要だ。
3. 蚊取り線香をつけてから寝た。

使い方ガイド

場面: summer, daily life, health

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

The kanji 蚊 combines 虫 (insect radical) and 文 (pattern/writing), where 文 serves as a phonetic component (bun/mon → ka in Japanese). The insect radical clearly categorizes it as a bug.

文化的背景

時代: Ancient

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal