chóng
insects
Triple of 虫.
Components
Evolution

Seal script
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 蟲
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
CL:條|条[tiáo],隻|只[zhī] | ||
insect | ||
insect | ||
parasite (biology) | ||
pest |
Component uses
Iconic component in 1 character (1 verified)
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*C.lruŋ | drjuwng | chóng | insect |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 19.7181% of movies
1224th most common character in movies
1287th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 18 |
Simplified | |
Unicode | U+87F2 |
Shuowen | “蟲,有足謂之蟲,無足謂之豸。从三虫。” |
Sources
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