| 虫 | ||
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| 虫 (U+866B) "insect, worm" | ||
| Pronunciations | ||
| Pinyin: | hǔi, chóng | |
| Bopomofo: | ㄏㄨㄟˇ, ㄔㄨㄥˊ | |
| Wade–Giles: | hui3, ch'ung2 | |
| Cantonese Yale: | wai2, chung4 | |
| Jyutping: | wai2, cung4 | |
| Japanese Kana: | キ ki (on'yomi) むし mushi (kun'yomi) | |
| Sino-Korean: | 훼 hwe | |
| Hán-Việt: | trùng | |
| Names | ||
| Chinese name(s): | (Left) 虫字旁 chóngzìpáng (Bottom) 虫字底 chóngzìdǐ | |
| Japanese name(s): | 虫/むし mushi (Left) 虫偏/むしへん mushihen | |
| Hangul: | 벌레 beolle | |
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Radical 142 or radical insect (虫部) meaning 'insect' or 'worm' is one of the 29 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 6 strokes.
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 1067 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
虫 is also the 131st indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.
The character 虫 models a worm. To derive from this, characters meaning creeping animals such as reptiles, insects, worms, amphibians, and shellfish are included in this radical. The character 虫 is used as the simplified form of 蟲 in Simplified Chinese and Japanese and occasionally in Traditional Chinese.