The Chinese Radical: 虫


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Meaning
insect    虫

Explanation Also this radical is understood as: insect.

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 2
although, even though
suī
At top: mouth: , below: insect (The body and the sting ム of an insect.)
In the mouth an insect? Okay, although, ..
JLPT HSK 2
egg, oval shaped
dàn
Top: correct (To stop at the line is correct, - actually = bales of cloth), bottom: insect (The body and the sting ム of an insect.)
It is correct for insects to lay: eggs.
JLPT HSK 3
wind, style, manner
fēng
Simplified from , which showed a sail with a sail tree and an insect
It blows an insect into the sail: The wind.
JLPT HSK 5
to touch, sensing, to make contact with sth
chù
Left: horn, angle (image of a horn with head of an animal), right: insect
The "horns" (= antennas) of insects are for touching and sensing.
JLPT HSK 5
worm or insect
chóng
Developed from the image of an insect with sting (cf. scorpion )
The body and the sting ム of an insect.
JLPT HSK 5
species, category, genus (taxonomy), dependents
shǔ, zhǔ
From top: buttock seen from the side , accent , insect with additional long legs
The rear part belongs to an insect with long legs - but which species?
JLPT HSK 5
favor, benefit, honorific
huì
Top: 叀 (insect behind two additional lines as a grid), bottom: heart
If a grid is in front of the insect, it is for the heart: a favor/benefit.
JLPT HSK 5
alone, independent, single, sole, only

Left: wild animal (dog on the hind legs), right: insect (The body and the sting ム of an insect.)
Wild animal and insects typically stay alone.
JLPT HSK 5
snake, serpent
shé
Left: insect (The body and the sting ム of an insect.), right: it (lifeless) (roof , sitting person )
The 'insect' next to the house with the sitting person is: a snake.
JLPT HSK 5
strong, stubborn, vigorous
qiáng
Left: bow , right : although 虽 (In the mouth an insect ? Okay, although, ..)
If it can draw a bow with the mouth, this insect must be strong and stubborn.
JLPT HSK 5
bee, wasp
fēng
Left: insect (body and sting of an insect), right: pointed (sitting cross-legged on top of a growing plant )
This insects sits on top of a growing plant (= the blossom): the bee, wasp.
JLPT HSK 5
honey

Top: 宓 (roof , certainly [The heart is pierced by a lance - certainly!]), bottom: insect
Under the roof are certainly insects for making honey.
JLPT HSK 5
rainbow
hóng, jiàng
Left: insect (The body and the sting ム of an insect.), right: craftsman/build
Insects actually build the rainbow?
JLPT HSK 5
butterfly
dié
Left: insect (The body and the sting ム of an insect.), right: (epoch, generation , tree )
An insect that is only for one epoch in the tree is the butterfly.
JLPT HSK 5
butterfly

Left: insect , right: beard, non-Han people (Like old flesh are the beards of the non-Han people.)
The insect that develops from an old body (=caterpillar & cocoon), is the butterfly.
JLPT HSK 6
barbarian, bullying, very, rough, reckless
mán
Top: also, namely (To see this variation as red , you can also do.) [red : When earth (clay) is burned , the pottery becomes red ], bottom: insect (The body and the sting ム of an insect.)
Also, I think: The reddish insects are like: babarians.
JLPT HSK 6
blunt, stupid, to wiggle (of worms), sluggish
chǔn
Top: spring (time) 春, bottom: 2x insect
(Freshly hatched after winter:) In spring the insects are still blunt and stupid.
JLPT HSK 6
disturbance, rumpus, trouble, flirty, coquettish
sāo
Left: horse /馬, right: 蚤 (fork [=hand with fork ], insect )
A horse pricked by a fork or an insect causes a coquettish disturbance.
JLPT HSK 6
to melt, merge, to blend, to be in harmony
róng
Left: (image of a pot with a lid on a stand ), right: insect
In the pot on the stand is an insect, but it is already melting/dissolving.
JLPT HSK 6
ant

Left: insect , right: justice (It comes from the emphasized head of the person with raised arms )
These insects have justice (in the colony of) the: ants.
JLPT HSK 6
candle, to illuminate
zhú
Left: fire , right: insect (here: bee 蜂)
The fire that comes from an insect, is the (beeswax) of the candle.
JLPT HSK 6
candle, wax

Left: insect (here: a bee 蜂), right: former times (Together in the sun we think of former times)
This insect (= the bee) was in former times used for the wax of the candles.
JLPT HSK 6
erosion, to nibble, to corrode, eclipse
shí
Left: food 饣/ (Below the cover is good food.), right: insect
The eating/food by an insect is "eating (nibbling) into it", like: corrosion.
JLPT HSK 6
dragonfly, grasshopper, ant, leech
mā, mǎ, mà
Left: insect , right: horse /馬 (= with mane, four legs und tail ㄅ)
Insects that resemble a horse, are the dragonfly and the grasshopper.
JLPT HSK 6
impure, turbid, muddy
zhuó
Left: water , right: insect
Water with insects is impure.
JLPT no HSK
spiral shell, screw thread, spiral
luó
Left: insect , right: tired, exhausted 累 (If the fields are long as threads , they will exhaust us)
It comes from the insect and repeats until exhaustion: the helix of the spiral shell.
JLPT no HSK
fly, musca
yíng
Left: insect , right: toad 黾 (= The animal on the field with the long tongue .)
The insect for the toad, is the fly.
JLPT no HSK
silkworm
cán
Top: sky/heaven , below: insect
A heavenly insect is: the silkworm!
JLPT no HSK
shrimp, prawn
xiā
Left: insect , right: down(wards)
The 'insect' from the depth is the: shrimp.
JLPT no HSK
Yu the Great mythical leader who tamed the floods

Top: mouth , bottom: or with insect
Like an insect with hat and wide legs , that is: Yu the Great.
JLPT no HSK
frog

Left: insect , right: piled earth (2x earth )
The "insect" at the field's ridge (= where earth is piled) is the frog.
JLPT no HSK
mosquito
wén
Left: insect , right: text/language
The insect you can kill with a text is a mosquito.
JLPT no HSK
spider
zhī
Left: Insect , right: to know (The arrow has a target , which it knows.)
(In respect to building a web) The insect with (special) knowledge is: the spider.
JLPT no HSK
cicada
chán
Left: Insect , right: single, individual (It shines the sun in a group of ten [with nine planets] as the single one)
(They never are in a group:) The insect that stays single is the cicade.
JLPT no HSK
crab
xiè
Top: solution 解 (A horn was cut by a sword from that cow : Is that a solution?), bottom: insect
It has a horn (= the shell) and with it claws it can pinch a cow. This 'insect' is: the crab.
JLPT no HSK
laugh at, jeer, scoff at, sneer at
chī
Left: mouth , right: worm, ignorant 蚩 (below the mountain , insect )
The mouth (sees), that the mountain is like one insect and: laughs (about the ignorant worm)
JLPT no HSK
locust, grasshopper
huáng
Left: insect , right: emperor (=the sun--ray-king )
Amoung the insects is the emperor: the locust!
JLPT no HSK
abbr. for Fujian 福建 province in the Min dynasty
mǐn
Outside: gate /門, inside: insect
An insect at the gate stands for the Fujian-province.
JLPT no HSK
bat

Left: insect , right: barrel of rice wine
The 'insect' that likes (empty) barrels is: the bat.
JLPT no HSK
larva, caterpillar, abbr. for Sichuan 四川
shǔ
Top: net 罒 (cf. net ), bottom: enwrap and insect
It has a 'net' for enwrapping. This insect is: the larva.
JLPT no HSK
moth
é
Left: insect , right: I, me (In my hand a halberd and I am myself.)
The insect that flutters around wildly (= has an ego of its own) is the moth.
JLPT no HSK
firefly, glow-worm
yíng
From top: plant, grass , cover , insect
The grass covers this insect: the firefly.
JLPT no HSK
to scratch, to disturb
sāo
Left: hand , right: 蚤 (fork , insect )
The hand that pricks like a hand with a fork or like an insect, causes: a scratch.
JLPT no HSK
a legendary dragon controlling rain and floods
jiāo
Left: insect , right: exchange, crossing (six crosses )
Like an insect he is in exchange: The flood dragon.
JLPT no HSK
dental caries, decayed teeth

Left: Zahn 齿/ (Below the nose an open mouth with teeth ), right: Yu the Great 禹 (special insect )
In the teeth, the special insect causes caries.
JLPT no HSK
to wriggle, to squirm, to wiggle

Left: insect , right: require, need (Rain[water] on the beard is needed [for care])
The insects (including worms) need (the ability) of wriggling.
JLPT no HSK
dragonfly, mantis
láng
Left: insect , right: a youth 郎 (.. the good one from the village )
(It is agile and chases its prey at high speed.) An insect (alive like) a youth is the: dragonfly.
JLPT no HSK
cocoon, callus
jiǎn
Top: plant, grass , bottom: insect
At the plant (hangs) an insect in form of: a cocoon.
JLPT no HSK
skin cast off old skin during molting, exuvia, to pupate
tuì
Left: insect , right: money transfer (Going out from my elder brother [big mouth on legs ] money transactions take place.)
When the insect makes a 'payment' it is casting off the skin.
JLPT no HSK
slug, to wriggle/snaking
yán
Left: insect , right: spread, extend (This movement is correct for: spreading or extending)
The insect, that has spread out is: the slug.
JLPT no HSK
to curl up (like a scroll), to huddle, wriggle (as a worm)
quán
Left: insect , right: to roll (up), reel (Spindle on which something , like a crouching person , is rolled on.)
The insect is 'rolled up', when it curls.
JLPT no HSK
python
mǎng
Left: insect , right: thick weeds 莽 (If a dog can hide in the grasses ,, it is thick weeds.)
The 'insect' in the thick weed, that (eats) the dog is: the python.
JLPT no HSK
snail, see 蜗牛

Left: insect , right: chat, gossip (A mouth as big as the chest likes gossip.)
The insect with a big mouth (relativ to the body) is this snail.
JLPT no HSK
intestinal worm

Left: insect , right: breath (I myself and my heart need a breath.)
The insect that (shares with me) my breath is: the intestinal worm.
JLPT no HSK
clam, frog, toad
gé, há
Left: Insect , right: to fit (The lid on the pot )
The insect that fits in (somewhere) is: the clam or toad.
JLPT no HSK
cricket

Left: insect , right: know, be familiar with 悉 (To have the outstanding of rice in your heart is the real knowledge)
The insect, that is known/familiar is: the cricket.
JLPT no HSK
cricket
shuài
Left: insect , right: ratio (rotary disks , turn threads into small parts in that ratio)
The insect that has the pronounciation 'shuài' like at 'ratio ' is the: cricket.
JLPT no HSK
to drive to insanity, to bewitch, intestinal parasite

Top: insect , below: bowl/plate
The insects in my bowl drive me: to insanity. (When there were insects in my bowl/food, the worms drive me to insanity.)
JLPT no HSK
bat
biān
Left: insect , right: flat (door 戸 with a writing tablet as: "door plate")
The 'insect' that flutters like a door plate (on a thread) is: the bat.
JLPT no HSK
toad
má, ma
Left: insect , right: negative, sunset (The plants are made by the sun to be large [= as long shadows] at sunset.)
The 'insect, that becomes active at sunset, is the toad.
JLPT no HSK
bracelet, armband
zhuó
Left: metal 钅/, right: larva, caterpillar 蜀 (It has a 'net' 罒 for enwrapping . This insect is: the larva)
This metal is bent like a caterpillar: the bracelet.
JLPT no HSK
spider, spider web
zhū
Left: insect , right: vermilion (A branch of a young [= not yet] tree has sth. red =apple?) Here: a net in a tree
This insect makes a net in a tree: the spider.
JLPT no HSK
to move (as snake), wriggle
wān
Left: insect , right: "as, if", similar (When I at home in the evening slump (e.g. on the TV-coach) it's always just similar.)
The insects are similar when they: move as a snake.
JLPT no HSK
centipede

Left: insect , right: area in Jiangsu (mouth and sky )
The insect in Jiangsu is the: centipede.
JLPT no HSK
scorpion
xiē
Left: insect , right: interrogation (=The mouth with tongue enwraps the person in the corner at the interrogation.)
(For torture:) An insect for an interrogation is the scorpion.
JLPT no HSK
moon, (striped) toad, living on the moon
chán
Left: insect , right: excellent, verbose (Who, when looking upwards 厃, is using eight words , is verbose.)
The 'insect' for which you look upwards and which talks is the toad living on the moon.
JLPT no HSK
crab
páng
Left: insect , right: one side, beside ([The servants] are in one direction (side) of the emperor [modified]: at his side.)
The insect that moves laterally / sidewards, is the crab.
JLPT no HSK
mussel, clam, oyster, shell
bàng, bèng
Left: insect , right: abundance (strongly growing plant)
An 'insect', that is in abundance, is the mussel.
JLPT no HSK
chrysalis, pupa
yǒng
Left: insect , right: (bent person , use, need [A fence can be used])
This insect is bent: This is needed by the pupa.
JLPT no HSK
termite, to bore (of insects)
zhù
Left: insect , right: master (I emphasize , the king is the master)
(They live in own 'building':) The insect that is the master (of his home) is: the termite.

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