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虫

Traditional (Taiwan): 蟲

chóng ㄔㄨㄥˊ

    • lower form of animal life, including insects, insect larvae, worms and similar creatures
    • person with a particular undesirable characteristic

      fig.

Classifiers (measure words)

Other words read chóng

In the same tone

  • 重 chóng repeat
  • 崇 chóng high

chong with other tones

  • 冲 chōng dash against
  • 涌 chōng (used in place names)
  • 充 chōng sufficient
  • 宠 chǒng love
  • 舂 chōng pound (grain etc) with a mortar and pestle

All 14 words read chong in any tone

The stroke order and parts of 虫

    部首 radical
    虫
    笔画 strokes
    6
    结构 structure
    独体字
    声旁 sound
    中

    虫 as a 部首

    虫 is a 部首 (bùshǒu), a radical. A Chinese dictionary files every character under one of them, and this one files 273 under 虫. Look a character up by the 虫 radical

    Words with 虫

    Starting with 虫

    All 15 words starting with 虫

    Ending with 虫

    All 122 words ending with 虫

    Containing 虫

    • 病虫害 bìngchónghài plant diseases and insect pests
    • 血吸虫病 xuèxīchóngbìng schistosomiasis
    • 杀虫剂 shāchóngjì insecticide
    • 冬虫夏草 dōngchóngxiàcǎo caterpillar fungus (Ophiocordyceps sinensis)
    • 雕虫小技 diāochóngxiǎojì insignificant talent

    All 36 words containing 虫

    Example sentences and grammar articles using 虫

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