Gikun word derived by applying Chinese-derived spelling 昆虫(“insects”), a term which decomposes into 昆(“swarm”) + 虫(“insect, bug”), to native Japanese words はう(hau, “creeping/crawling”) + もの(mono, “thing(s)”).
Kami ii tamaikeru wa chi wa ikimono wo sono rui ni shitagaite idashi kachiku to haumono to chi no kemono wo sono rui ni shitagaite idasubeshi to sunawachi kaku narinu
And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
