on Where does this extra stroke come from in the kanji for cicada? · c/learnjapanese · 3 pts · 2y@x4740N It looks normal to me? In general, 虫 means bug/insect. According to Wiktionary, it originally derived from an ancient Chinese snake glyph: https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E8%99%AB I didn't know about the etymology before, but it makes sense (given that 蛇 means "snake").
@x4740N It looks normal to me? In general, 虫 means bug/insect. According to Wiktionary, it originally derived from an ancient Chinese snake glyph: https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E8%99%AB
I didn't know about the etymology before, but it makes sense (given that 蛇 means "snake").