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| − | <WL>虫(F蟲) [chóng] insect/bug (昆虫), worm/critter; 爬虫 | + | <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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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 虫 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 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 虫 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). | ||
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