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Radical 142 or radical insect (虫部) meaning 'insect' or 'worm' is one of the 29 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 6 strokes.
| 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 | |
| Japanese Kana: | 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 | |
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In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 1067 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
虫 is also the 131st indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.
The character 虫 models a worm. To derive from this, characters meaning creeping animals such as reptiles, insects, worms, amphibians, and shellfish 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 |
|---|---|
| +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 independent Chinese character. It is one of the Kyōiku kanji or Kanji taught in elementary school in Japan.[1] It is a first grade kanji[1]
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