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<WL>虫(F蟲) [chóng] worm, insect; 爬虫 páchóng reptile @@[huǐ] [tóng]
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<WL>虫(F蟲) [chóng] insect/bug (昆虫), worm/critter; 爬虫 reptile; (radical 142, 虫部)@@; (HDZ:) …  [huǐ] 虺: 毒蛇; (HDC:) 蝮虫, 虫尾  [tóng] 爞 (cf. 蟲)
 
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Picture of a worm or snake.
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The Shuōwén Seal form of 虫(􂔗) huǐ/chóng is said to depict a venomous/poisonous snake/viper (蝮), and the reading 虫 huǐ connects it with the later wr. 虺(􂔩) huǐ ‘viper’; it is also said to depict various creepy-crawly critters, and the reading chóng connects it with the general term 蟲(􂗦) chóng ‘insects/critters’; in the pictograph 𦹌(􂔾) chài ‘scorpion’ (虿/蠆: 蝎子) it represents the poisonous tail/stinger of the scorpion (cf. 螫).
The full form 蟲 is 虫 tripled. (虫 by itself used to be pronounced huǐ, but that rare word is now written 虺 huǐ, and is used as an abbreviation for 蟲 chóng).
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Older graphs (OBI) associated with (􂔗) draw the top of the character like the sharp head/tip of 矢(􀹜) shǐ ‘arrow’, also suggesting that 虫(􂔗) originated as the tail/stinger of 𦹌(􂔾) chài ‘scorpion’ graphs; other old forms sometimes associated with 虫(􂔗) are properly variants of 蛇(􂘀它􂗿) shé ‘snake’ (depicting the head of a ‘cobra’), and (􂔩) huǐ ‘viper’ (蝮).
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Note: The character (􂔗) may have originated as an abbreviation of 𦹌(􂔾); the stinger of the specific animal came to write the general term for stinging/biting critters/insects.
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The full form (􂗦) triples 虫(􂔗); it is a component in 蛊/蠱(􂗯) gǔ ‘worms in the belly; spoiled food’ (䷑).
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Compare: 𧔐(􂔿𧕧) chài ‘scorpion’ (doubling the tail, emphasizing its toxicity); 䖵(􂖿), 昆(􁉘) kūn ‘insects’ (䖵蟲=昆虫).
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Compare: 辰(􂥳𨑃), 䢅(􀝸􁊅晨􁊄曟) chén, 农/農(􀝹䢉) nóng ( assoc. with the constellation Scorpio).
 
虫 is the 142nd of the 214 radicals.
 
虫 is the 142nd of the 214 radicals.
#rG.255.40 W.110a H.56 K.AD110,GSR1009a D.4.2833.1 M.1518 KX..1076.19 B.027.0.06
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HDZ: 虫 : huǐ : 虺: 毒蛇, 蝮蛇 • chóng : (简体) 蟲
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#rG.255.40 W.110a H.56 K.AD110,GSR1009a D.4.2833.1 M.1518 KX..1076.19 B.027.0.06 WHY...48 E.1
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#c口厶
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#y chuhng\
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