| 虫 | ||||
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| 虫 (U+866B) "insect, worm" | ||||
| Pronunciations | ||||
| Pinyin: | hǔi, chóng | |||
| Bopomofo: | ㄏㄨㄟˇ, ㄔㄨㄥˊ | |||
| Wade–Giles: | hui3, ch'ung2 | |||
| Cantonese Yale: | wai2, chung4 | |||
| Jyutping: | wai2, cung4 | |||
| JapaneseKana: | キ ki (on'yomi) むし mushi (kun'yomi) | |||
| Sino-Korean: | 훼 hwe | |||
| Hán-Việt: | trùng | |||
| Names | ||||
| Chinese name(s): | (Left) 虫字旁 chóngzìpáng (Bottom) 虫字底 chóngzìdǐ | |||
| Japanese name(s): | 虫/むし mushi (Left) 虫偏/むしへん mushihen | |||
| Hangul: | 벌레 beolle | |||
| Stroke order animation | ||||
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Radical 142 orradical insect (虫部) meaning"insect" or"worm" is one of the 29Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 6strokes.
In theKangxi Dictionary, there are 1067 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under thisradical.
虫 is also the 131st indexing component in theTable of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted bySimplified Chinese dictionaries published inmainland China.
The character虫 models a worm. To derive from this, characters meaning creeping animals such asreptiles,insects,worms,amphibians, andshellfish are included in this radical. The character 虫 is used as the simplified form of 蟲 in Simplified Chinese and Japanese and occasionally in Traditional Chinese.
| Strokes | Characters |
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| +0 | 虫 (also SC and JP form of 蟲) |
| +1 | 虬SC (=虯) |
| +2 | 虭虮SC (=蟣)虯虰虱SC/JP (=蝨)虲 |
| +3 | 虳虴虵虶虷虸虹虺虻虼虽SC (=雖->隹)虾SC (=蝦)虿SC (=蠆)蚀SC (=蝕)蚁SC (=蟻)蚂SC (=螞)蚃 |
| +4 | 蚄蚅蚆蚇蚉 (=蚊)蚊蚋蚌蚍蚎蚏蚐蚑蚒蚓蚔蚕SC/JP (=蠶)蚖蚗蚘 (=蛔)蚙蚚蚛蚜蚝SC (=蠔)蚞蚟蚠蚡 (=鼢->鼠)蚢蚣蚤蚥蚦 (=蚺)蚧蚨蚩蚪蚬SC (=蜆) |
| +5 | 蚫蚭蚮蚯蚰蚱蚲蚳蚴蚵蚶蚷蚸蚹蚺蚻蚼蚽蚾蚿蛀蛁蛂蛃蛄蛅蛆蛇蛈蛉蛊SC (=蠱)蛋蛌蛍JP (=螢)蛎SC (=蠣)蛏SC (=蟶) |
| +6 | 蚈蛐蛑蛒蛓蛔蛕 (=蛔)蛗蛘蛙蛚蛛蛜蛝蛞蛟蛠 (=珕->玉)蛡蛢蛣蛤蛥蛦蛧蛨蛩蛪蛫蛬 (=蛩)蛭蛮SC/蛮JP (=蠻)蛯蛰SC (=蟄)蛱SC (=蛺)蛲SC (=蟯)蛳SC (=螄)蛴SC (=蠐) |
| +7 | 蛖蛵蛶蛷蛸蛹蛺蛻蛼蛽蛾蛿蜀蜁蜂蜃蜄 (=蜃)蜅蜆蜇蜈蜉蜊蜋 (=螂)蜌蜍蜎蜏蜐蜑蜒蜓蜔蜕SC (=蛻)蜖 (=蛔)蜗SC (=蝸)蜫 (=䖵)蝆 |
| +8 | 蜘蜙 (=蚣)蜚蜛蜜蜝 (=蜞)蜞蜟蜠蜡SC (=蠟)蜢蜣蜤蜥蜦蜧蜨蜩蜪蜬蜭蜮蜯蜰蜱蜲蜳蜴蜵蜶蜷蜸蜹蜺蜻蜼蜽蜾蜿蝀蝁蝂蝃蝄蝅 (=蠶)蝇SC (=蠅)蝈SC (=蟈)蝉SC (=蟬)蝊蝋JP (=蠟) |
| +9 | 蝌蝍蝎SC (=蠍)蝏蝐蝑蝒蝓蝔蝕蝖蝗蝘蝙蝚蝛蝜蝝蝞蝟蝠蝡蝢蝣蝤蝥蝦蝧蝨蝩蝪蝫蝬蝭蝮蝯 (=猿->犬)蝰蝱 (=虻)蝲蝳蝴蝵蝶蝷蝸蝺蝻蝼SC (=螻)蝽蝾SC (=蠑)蝿JP (=蠅)螀 (=螿)蟡 |
| +10 | 蝹螁螂螃螄螅螆螇螈螉螊螋螌融螎 (=融)螏螐螑螒螓螔螕螖螗螘螙螚螛螜螝螞螟螠螡 (=蚊)螢螣螤螥螦螧螨SC (=蟎)螩蟗 |
| +11 | 螪螫螬螭螮螯螰螱螲螳螴螵螶螷螸螹螺螻螼螽螾螿蟀蟁 (=蚊)蟂蟃蟄蟅蟆蟇 (=蟆)蟈蟉蟊蟋蟌蟍蟎蟏SC (=蠨)蟐蟑蟒蠁 |
| +12 | 蟓蟔蟕蟖蟘蟙蟚蟛蟜蟝蟞蟟蟠蟢蟣蟤蟥蟦蟧蟨蟩蟪蟫蟬蟭蟮蟯蟰蟱蟲蟳蟴蟵蠎 (=蟒) |
| +13 | 蟶蟷蟸 (=蠡)蟹蟺蟻蟼蟽蟾蟿蠀蠂蠃蠄蠅蠆蠇蠈蠉蠊蠋蠌蠍蠏 (=蟹) |
| +14 | 蠐蠑蠒 (=繭->糸)蠓蠔蠕蠖蠗蠘蠙 |
| +15 | 蠚蠛蠜蠝蠞蠟蠠蠡蠢蠣蠤蠴 |
| +16 | 蠥蠦蠧 (=蠹)蠨蠩蠪蠫蠬 |
| +17 | 蠭 (=蜂)蠮蠯蠰蠱蠲蠳 |
| +18 | 蠵蠶蠷蠸蠹蠺 (=蠶) |
| +19 | 蠻 |
| +20 | 蠼 |
| +21 | 蠽蠾 |
| +22 | 蠿 |
The radical is also used as an independentChinese character. It is one of theKyōiku kanji or Kanji taught in elementary school inJapan.[1] It is a first grade kanji[1]
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GF 0011-2009 Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components prescribes 201 principle indexing components and 100 associated indexing components (in brackets) used in Simplified Chinese. Not all associated indexing components are listed above. | |
