昆虫
こんちゅう · konchuu · JLPT N1 · noun
insect
🐜🐛 昆 = many + 虫 = bug. Together they mean the huge bug group: insects
昆 is an old word meaning many or numerous, and 虫 is the bug radical, so 昆虫 names the vast group of bugs. Sound hook: konchuu sounds like kon-chew, and many insects do a lot of chewing.