Chinese

Noun

百足

1. (poetic) centipede
2. (poetic) diplopod

Japanese

Alternative forms

• 蜈蚣, 蜈蜙, 蝍蛆

Etymology

The kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓).

Pronunciation

• (Irregular reading)
• (Tokyo) むかで [mùkádé] (Heiban - [0])
• IPA^(key): [mɯᵝka̠de̞]

Noun

百足 ‎(hiragana むかで, katakana ムカデ, romaji mukade) (standard)
(alternative reading hiragana むかぜ, romaji mukaze) (Kagoshima dialect)

1. a centipede

See also

• 馬陸 (ヤスデ) ‎(yasude)

Miyako

Alternative forms

• 蜈蚣

Noun

百足 ‎(nkaji) ‎(hiragana んかじ)

1. a centipede

Oki-No-Erabu

Alternative forms

• 蜈蚣

Noun

百足 ‎(mukaji) ‎(hiragana むかじ)

1. a centipede

Toku-No-Shima

Alternative forms

• 蜈蚣

Noun

百足 ‎(nukade) ‎(hiragana ぬかで)

1. a centipede