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RADICAL GROUP

虫 radical

Dictionary meaning: lower form of animal life, including insects, insect larvae, worms and similar creatures.

197 indexed characters use this radical form.

Characters indexed under 虫

áo

nippers

bàng

mussel

biān

used in 蝙蝠[bian1 fu2]

cán

silkworm

cán

Chinese character

cáo

used in 蠐螬|蛴螬[qi2cao2]

chài

(scorpion)

chán

cicada

chán

Chinese character

chán

toad ("chán" represents the sound of its croaking)

chēng

mussel

chī

ignorant

chī

dragon with horns not yet grown (in myth or heraldry)

chóng

lower form of animal life, including insects, insect larvae, worms and similar creatures

chóng

Chinese character

chú

Bufo vulgaris

chǔn

stupid

chūn

bedbug

dàn

egg

Chinese character

dié

(bound form) butterfly

dīng

Chinese character

dǒu

used in 蝌蚪[ke1dou3]

insect that eats into books, clothing etc

é

(bound form) moth

fēi

gad-fly

fēng

bee

(water-beetle)

(dragon fly)

(bound form) bat

insect

flea

gōng

used in 蜈蚣[wu2gong1]

arch. legendary venomous insect

Chinese character

Chinese character

guǒ

used in 蜾蠃[guo3luo3]

guō

small green cicada or frog (meaning unclear, possibly onom.)

guō

Chinese character

frog

hān

small clam (Arca inflata)

háo

oyster

háo

Chinese character

hóng

rainbow

used in 蝴蝶[hu2 die2]

huáng

locust

huáng

horse-leech

huí

roundworm

huì

(cicada)

huī

sick

huò

looper caterpillar

nymph of louse

Chinese character

jiá

Chinese character

jiá

Chinese character

jiǎo

surname Jiao

jiāo

a legendary dragon with the ability to control rain and floods

jiāo

eggs of mantis

jiè

Chinese character

juān

to deduct

(Tw) oyster (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [ô])

used in 蝌蚪[ke1dou3]

kuí

used in 蝰蛇[kui2she2]

kuò

used in 蛞螻|蛞蝼[kuo4lou2]

candle

Chinese character

láng

dragonfly

clam

calabash

oyster

Chinese character

lián

cockroach

liáo

Chinese character

líng

sandfly

lóu

Chinese character

lóu

Chinese character

luó

spiral shell

luǒ

used in 蜾蠃[guo3 luo3]

ma

toad

used in 螞蟥|蚂蟥[ma3huang2]

Chinese character

mán

barbarian

mán

Chinese character

mǎn

mite

mǎn

Chinese character

mǎng

python

máo

Chinese character

máo

Spanish fly

méng

horsefly

měng

grasshopper

měng

grasshopper

honey

miè

minute flies

míng

boring insect

móu

marine crab

nǎn

immature locusts

náo

parasitic worm

náo

Chinese character

pán

to coil

páng

used in 螃蟹[pang2 xie4]

péng

used in 蟛蜞[peng2qi2]

Chinese character

tick (zoology)

piāo

used in 螵蛸[piao1xiao1]

used in 蠐螬|蛴螬[qi2 cao2]

used in 蟛蜞[peng2qi2]

qiāng

dung beetle

qín

small cicada with a square head

qīng

Chinese character

qióng

anxious

qiú

young dragon with horns

qiū

used in 蚯蚓[qiu1yin3]

used in 蠼螋[qu2sou1]

maggot

cricket

quán

to curl up (like a scroll)

rán

boa

róng

salamander

róng

Chinese character

to squirm

ruì

(mosquito)

shàn

Chinese character

shāo

long-legged spider

shé

snake

shèn

giant clam

shí

Chinese character

shì

(of a bee or spider etc) to sting or bite

shī

louse

shī

Chinese character

shǔ

short name for Sichuan 四川[Si4 chuan1] province

shuài

used in 蟋蟀[xi1 shuai4]

snail

Chinese character

sōu

used in 蠼螋[qu2sou1]

suī

although

táng

variety of small cicada with a green back and a clear song (in ancient books)

táng

praying mantis

tiáo

cicada

tíng

Chinese character

tuì

Chinese character

tuì

skin cast off during molting

frog

wān

used in 蜿蜒[wan1 yan2]

wèi

Chinese character

wén

mosquito

wēng

Chinese character

snail

Chinese character

used in 蜈蚣[wu2gong1]

(spider)

(bound form) lizard

(intestinal worm)

used in 蟋蟀[xi1 shuai4]

large turtles

xiā

shrimp

xiā

Chinese character

xiǎn

basket clam (clam of family Corbiculidae); (esp.) Corbicula leana 真蜆|真蚬[zhen1 xian3]

xiàng

silkworm

xiāo

long-legged spider

xiāo

Chinese character

xiè

crab

xiē

scorpion

xiē

Chinese character

xíng

Chinese character

aphis

yán

slug

yáng

a weevil found in rice etc

wasp of the family Sphecidae

used in 蜥蜴[xi1yi4]

ant

Chinese character

woodlouse

yǐn

used in 蚯蚓[qiu1yin3]

yíng

fly

yíng

Chinese character

yíng

Chinese character

yǒng

chrysalis

yóu

Chinese character

yóu

Ephemera strigata

yóu

used in 蝤蠐|蝤蛴[qiu2 qi2]

yòu

larva

used in 蛞蝓[kuo4yu2]

mythical creature

yuán

Protura (soil dwelling primitive hexapod)

yuán

salamander

yuān

surname Yuan

zǎo

flea

zhà

grasshopper

zhāng

cockroach

zhé

to hibernate

zhé

Chinese character

zhē

to sting

zhì

fluke

zhī

used in 蜘蛛[zhi1zhu1]

zhōng

(grasshopper)

zhù

termite

zhū

(bound form) spider