chóng
noun #2,556

Meanings

  1. 1 insect; worm; bug

Examples

Zhè kē shù shàng yǒu hěnduō chóngzi.
There are many bugs on this tree.
Tā pà chóng.
She's afraid of bugs.

Tips

memory
is a radical in many insect/animal characters: (ant), (snake), (butterfly).
usage
虫子 is the everyday word for bug/insect; 昆虫 is the more formal term for insect.

Components

pictograph
chóng
insect; worm
Six-stroke is itself a Kangxi radical and not further decomposable. The oracle-bone graph depicts a coiled snake or crawling creature, with the head and curled body clearly visible. Originally covered all creeping things — snakes, worms, insects, lizards. As radical it anchors a huge family of crawling and buzzing creatures: (snake), (mosquito), (honey/bee), (butterfly).

Stroke Order

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