虫

Stroke order

Stroke order

EtymologyEdit

A poisonous snake, from which this character originated.

Pictogram (象形): a snake.

The character originally represented a type of poisonous snake, while the derivative 蟲 represented worms and insects (or insect-like things). 虫 eventually came to represent worms and insects as well, and the character 虺 was created to represent the original meaning.

Han characterEdit

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Radical 142 虫

虫 (radical 142 虫+0, 6 strokes, cangjie input 中一戈 (LMI), four-corner 5013₆, composition ⿱中⿰一丶)

1. worm
2. insect
3. (archaic) a poisonous snake
4. KangXi radical 142

ReferencesEdit

• KangXi: page 1076, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32804
• Dae Jaweon: page 1545, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2833, character 1
• Unihan data for U+866B

DescendantsEdit

強, 虹, 蚌, 蚯, 蛐, 蛻, 蜀, 蜂, 蜇, 蜥, 蝗, 蝠, 蝴, 蟄, 蟬, 蟲, 蟹, 蠍, 蠟, 蠣, 蠶

KanjiEdit

(grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 蟲)

1. insect, bug

ReadingsEdit

• Goon: じゅう (jū) (non-Jōyō reading)
• Kan’on: ちゅう (chū)
• Kun: むし (mushi)
• Nanori: む (mu)

CompoundsEdit

• 害虫 (gaichū)
• 甲虫 (kōchū, kabutomushi)
• 昆虫 (konchū)
• 幼虫 (yōchū)
• 寄生虫 (kiseichū)
• 爬虫類 (hachūrui)
• 毛虫 (kemushi)
• 虫歯 (mushiba)
• 虫眼鏡 (mushimegane)
• 虫酸 (mushizu)
• 虫食い (mushikui)
• 泣き虫 (nakimushi)
• 弱虫 (yowamushi)

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

ReadingsEdit

• Goon: け (ke)
• Kan’on: き (ki)

NounEdit

虫 (hiragana むし, romaji mushi)

1. an insect; a bug
2. a person living for only one thing
3. a thought which is in the deep in mind

HanjaEdit

虫 (hwe, chung)
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 훼, 충 (revised: hwe, chung, McCune-Reischauer: hwe, ch'ung, Yale: hwey, chwung)

• Name (hangeul): 벌레 충, 벌레 훼()

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Han characterEdit

虫 (trùng)

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