虫
lower form of animal life, including insects, insect larvae, worms and similar creatures; CL:條|条[tiao2],隻|只[zhi1]; (fig.) person with a particular undesirable characteristic
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How 虫 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
How to remember it
insect · Heisig RSH #509
— as a component also called: insect
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 中
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 中 (zhōng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 中 sound component | zhōng | central; center, middle; amidst; to hit (target), to attain; China; Chinese |
| 种 | zhǒng | race, kind, breed; seed; to plant |
| 冲 | chōng | wash, rinse, flush; dash; soar |
| 钟 | zhōng | clock; bell |
| 忠 | zhōng | loyalty, devotion, fidelity |
| 肿 | zhǒng | swelling; swollen; to swell |
| 盅 | zhōng | small cup or bowl |
| 忡 | chōng | sad, grieving; distressed, uneasy |
Words containing 虫
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大虫 | dà chóng | tiger |
| 虫子 | chóng zi | insect; bug; worm; CL:條|条[tiao2],隻|只[zhi1] |
| 生虫 | shēng chóng | (of food, books etc) to become infested with bugs |
| 阿米巴原虫 | ā mǐ bā yuán chóng | amoeba; ameba |
| 虫儿 | chóng r | see 蟲子|虫子[chong2 zi5] |
| 面包虫 | miàn bāo chóng | mealworm (Tenebrio molitor) |
| 长虫 | cháng chong | (coll.) snake |
| 长虫 | zhǎng chóng | (of food, books etc) to become infested with bugs |
| 打虫 | dǎ chóng | to swat an insect; to get rid of intestinal parasite with drugs |
| 成虫 | chéng chóng | imago (adult, sexually mature insect, the final stage of its development) |
| 眼虫 | yǎn chóng | Euglena (genus of single-celled plant) |
| 虫眼 | chóng yǎn | hole or bite mark in a plant made by an insect |
| 病虫 | bìng chóng | plant diseases and insect pests |
| 线虫 | xiàn chóng | nematode |
| 步行虫 | bù xíng chóng | ground beetle |
| 鸟虫书 | niǎo chóng shū | bird writing, a calligraphic style based on seal script 篆書|篆书[zhuan4 shu1], but with chara… |
| 书虫 | shū chóng | bookworm |
| 变形虫 | biàn xíng chóng | amoeba; (fig.) sb or sth that is highly adaptable or changeable |
| 鱼虫 | yú chóng | water flea (small crustacean of genus Daphnia) |
| 三叶虫 | sān yè chóng | (paleontology) trilobite |