Memory phrase for the character: 虫

虫

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Meaning

worm or insect

Pronunciation

 chóng

Explanation

 Developed from the image of an insect with sting (cf. scorpion 禺)

Mnemonic
 
The body 口 and the sting 厶 of an insect.

Radicals

中 middle
虫 insectThe body 口 and the sting ム of an insect. Also this radical 昆 is understood as insect.
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 Vocabulary

病虫害 bìng chóng hài  plant diseases and insect pests
虫蛀 chóng zhù  damaged by moths or worms
茄二十八星瓢虫 qié èr shí bā xīng piáo chóng  twenty eight spot lady beetle; Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata Fabricius
恙虫病 yàng chóng bìng  Scrub typhus; Tsutsugamushi disease; Mite-borne typhus fever
蠕虫 rú chóng  worm
蝗虫 huáng chóng  locust
蚊虫 wén chóng  mosquitoes and other insects
稚虫 zhì chóng  naiad; larva; developmental stage of insect
昆虫 kūn chóng  insect
幼虫 yòu chóng  larva
蛀虫 zhù chóng  insect that eats into wood, books, clothes etc; fig. vermin
蛀虫 zhù chóng  

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