Question

蚤 のみ, はやい 0 叉: fork in road; crotch丶: dot; tick or dot radical (no. 3)丶: dot; tick or dot radical (no. 3)虫: insect; bug; temper flea "Right side of boisterous (#1985) (but without the drops there). A flea is an insect that is depicted here as jumping from (or to) a crotch (the two drops). Note: this is indeed flea, not louse, which has its own character (虱). I'm not sure of the stroke order, but by the rule of drawing from top to bottom, the crotch drop should come first. The louse (虱) then is of course a drop-like insect that attaches itself to body hairs by little hooks."

Accepted Answer

ソウ flea S+ (none) "Fleas jump onto your crotch, take two drops of blood, and then go on their merry way: what vile insects!" 2681

Kanji	蚤
Onyomi	ソウ
Kunyomi	のみ, はやい
English	flea
JLPT Level	0
Jouyou Grade	S+
Components	叉: fork in road; crotch 丶: dot; tick or dot radical (no. 3) 丶: dot; tick or dot radical (no. 3) 虫: insect; bug; temper
Traditional Form	(none)
Keyword	flea
Koohii Story 1	"Fleas jump onto your crotch, take two drops of blood, and then go on their merry way: what vile insects!"
Koohii Story 2	"Right side of boisterous (#1985) (but without the drops there). A flea is an insect that is depicted here as jumping from (or to) a crotch (the two drops). Note: this is indeed flea, not louse, which has its own character (虱). I'm not sure of the stroke order, but by the rule of drawing from top to bottom, the crotch drop should come first. The louse (虱) then is of course a drop-like insect that attaches itself to body hairs by little hooks."
RTK Index	2681

Flea Crotch 丶 Dot Tick Radical Drops Insect