Six-stroke
虫 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
虫 covered all creeping things — snakes, worms, insects, lizards. As radical it anchors a huge family of crawling and buzzing creatures:
蛇 (snake),
蚊 (mosquito),
蜜 (honey/bee),
蝶 (butterfly).
