Chinese Character Wiki
蟲

chóng

insects

Triple of 虫.

Components
虫 iconic component

虫  Iconic component

chóng

  

bug, insect

虫 iconic component

虫  Iconic component

chóng

  

bug, insect

虫 iconic component

虫  Iconic component

chóng

  

bug, insect

Evolution

蟲 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
蟲 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
蟲 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
蟲 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

虫 (蟲) 

chóng

worms; insects; lower form of animal life, including insects, insect larvae, worms and similar creatures; CL:條|条[tiáo],隻|只[zhī]; person with a particular undesirable characteristic

Most common words with 蟲
Freq.
Word
Meaning

虫

CL:條|条[tiáo],隻|只[zhī]

虫子

insect

昆虫

insect

寄生虫

parasite (biology)

害虫

pest

Component uses

Iconic component in 1 character (1 verified)

蠱

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*C.lruŋ

drjuwng

chóng

insect


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 19.7181% of movies

1224th most common character in movies

1287th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

18

Simplified

虫

Unicode

U+87F2

Shuowen

“蟲，有足謂之蟲，無足謂之豸。从三虫。”


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