Radical 142

虫
Radical 142 (U+2F8D)
虫 (U+866B) "snake, insect, worm"
Pinyin:	chóng
Bopomofo:	ㄔㄨㄥˊ
Wade–Giles:	ch'ung2
Jyutping:	cung4, wai2
Cantonese Yale:	chung4, wai2
Hiragana:	キ, むし ki, mushi
Kanji:	虫偏 mushihen
Hangul:	벌레 beolle
Sino-Korean:	훼 hwe
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Radical 142 meaning "snake", "insect" or "worm" is 1 of 29 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals total) composed of 6 strokes.

In the Kangxi Dictionary there are 1067 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.

The character "虫" models a snake. To derive from this, characters meaning creeping animals such as reptiles, insects, worms, amphibians, and shellfish are included in this radical.

Characters with Radical 142

seal script character

strokes	character
without additional strokes	虫
1 additional stroke	虬
2 additional strokes	虭虮虯虰虱虲
3 additional strokes	虳虴虵虶虷虸虹虺虻虼虽虾虿蚀蚁蚂蚃
4 additional strokes	蚄蚅蚆蚇蚉蚊蚋蚌蚍蚎蚏蚐蚑蚒蚓蚔蚕蚖蚗蚘蚙蚚蚛蚜蚝蚞蚟蚠蚡蚢蚣蚤蚥蚦蚧蚨蚩蚪
5 additional strokes	蚫蚬蚭蚮蚯蚰蚱蚲蚳蚴蚵蚶蚷蚸蚹蚺蚻蚼蚽蚾蚿蛀蛁蛂蛃蛄蛅蛆蛇蛈蛉蛊蛋蛌蛍蛎蛏
6 additional strokes	蚈蛐蛑蛒蛓蛔蛕蛖蛗蛘蛙蛚蛛蛜蛝蛞蛟蛠蛡蛢蛣蛤蛥蛦蛧蛨蛩蛪蛫蛬蛭蛮蛯蛰蛱蛲蛳蛴
7 additional strokes	蛵蛶蛷蛸蛹蛺蛻蛼蛽蛾蛿蜀蜁蜂蜃蜄蜅蜆蜇蜈蜉蜊蜋蜌蜍蜎蜏蜐蜑蜒蜓蜔蜕蜖蜗蝆
8 additional strokes	蜘蜙蜚蜛蜜蜝蜞蜟蜠蜡蜢蜣蜤蜥蜦蜧蜨蜩蜪蜫蜬蜭蜮蜯蜰蜱蜲蜳蜴蜵蜶蜷蜸蜹蜺蜻蜼蜽蜾蜿蝀蝁蝂蝃蝄蝅蝇蝈蝊蝋蝕
9 additional strokes	蝉蝌蝍蝎蝏蝐蝑蝒蝓蝔蝖蝗蝘蝙蝚蝛蝜蝝蝞蝟蝠蝡蝢蝣蝤蝥蝦蝧蝨蝩蝪蝫蝬蝭蝮蝯蝰蝱蝲蝳蝴蝵蝶蝷蝸蝹蝺蝻蝼蝽蝾蝿螀
10 additional strokes	螁螂螃螄螅螆螇螈螉螊螋螌融螎螏螐螑螒螓螔螕螖螗螘螙螚螛螜螝螞螟螠螡螢螣螤螥螦螧螨螩
11 additional strokes	螪螫螬螭螮螯螰螱螲螳螴螵螶螷螸螹螺螻螼螽螾螿蟀蟁蟂蟃蟄蟅蟆蟇蟈蟉蟊蟋蟌蟍蟎蟏蟐蟑蟒
12 additional strokes	蟓蟔蟕蟖蟗蟘蟙蟚蟛蟜蟝蟞蟟蟠蟡蟢蟣蟤蟥蟦蟧蟨蟩蟪蟫蟬蟭蟮蟯蟰蟱蟲蟳蟴蟵
13 additional strokes	蟶蟷蟸蟹蟺蟻蟼蟽蟾蟿蠀蠁蠂蠃蠄蠅蠆蠇蠈蠉蠊蠋蠌蠍蠎蠏
14 additional strokes	蠐蠑蠒蠓蠔蠕蠖蠗蠘蠙
15 additional strokes	蠚蠛蠜蠝蠞蠟蠠蠡蠢蠣蠤蠴
16 additional strokes	蠥蠦蠧蠨蠩蠪蠫蠬
17 additional strokes	蠭蠮蠯蠰蠱蠲蠳
18 additional strokes	蠵蠶蠷蠸蠹蠺
19 additional strokes	蠻
20 additional strokes	蠼
21 additional strokes	蠽蠾
22 additional strokes	蠿

Literature

Fazzioli, Edoardo (1987). Chinese calligraphy : from pictograph to ideogram : the history of 214 essential Chinese/Japanese characters. calligraphy by Rebecca Hon Ko. New York: Abbeville Press. ISBN 0-89659-774-1.

External links

Unihan Database - U+866B

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Radical 142.

Chinese radicals according to the Kangxi Dictionary

1 stroke	1 一 2 丨 3 丶 4 丿 5 乙 6 亅

2 strokes	7 二 8 亠 9 人 10 儿 11 入 12 八 13 冂 14 冖 15 冫 16 几 17 凵 18 刀 19 力 20 勹 21 匕 22 匚 23 匸 24 十 25 卜 26 卩 27 厂 28 厶 29 又

3 strokes	30 口 31 囗 32 土 33 士 34 夂 35 夊 36 夕 37 大 38 女 39 子 40 宀 41 寸 42 小 43 尢 44 尸 45 屮 46 山 47 巛 48 工 49 己 50 巾 51 干 52 幺 53 广 54 廴 55 廾 56 弋 57 弓 58 彐 59 彡 60 彳

4 strokes	61 心 62 戈 63 戶 64 手 65 支 66 攴 67 文 68 斗 69 斤 70 方 71 无 72 日 73 曰 74 月 75 木 76 欠 77 止 78 歹 79 殳 80 毋 81 比 82 毛 83 氏 84 气 85 水 86 火 87 爪 88 父 89 爻 90 爿 91 片 92 牙 93 牛 94 犬

5 strokes	95 玄 96 玉 97 瓜 98 瓦 99 甘 100 生 101 用 102 田 103 疋 104 疒 105 癶 106 白 107 皮 108 皿 109 目 110 矛 111 矢 112 石 113 示 114 禸 115 禾 116 穴 117 立

6 strokes	118 竹 119 米 120 糸 121 缶 122 网 123 羊 124 羽 125 老 126 而 127 耒 128 耳 129 聿 130 肉 131 臣 132 自 133 至 134 臼 135 舌 136 舛 137 舟 138 艮 139 色 140 艸 141 虍 142 虫 143 血 144 行 145 衣 146 西

7 strokes	147 見 148 角 149 言 150 谷 151 豆 152 豕 153 豸 154 貝 155 赤 156 走 157 足 158 身 159 車 160 辛 161 辰 162 辵 163 邑 164 酉 165 釆 166 里

8 strokes	167 金 168 長 169 門 170 阜 171 隶 172 隹 173 雨 174 靑 175 非

9 strokes	176 面 177 革 178 韋 179 韭 180 音 181 頁 182 風 183 飛 184 食 185 首 186 香

10 strokes	187 馬 188 骨 189 高 190 髟 191 鬥 192 鬯 193 鬲 194 鬼

11 strokes	195 魚 196 鳥 197 鹵 198 鹿 199 麥 200 麻

12 strokes	201 黃 202 黍 203 黑 204 黹

13 strokes	205 黽 206 鼎 207 鼓 208 鼠

14 strokes	209 鼻 210 齊

15 strokes	211 齒

16 strokes	212 龍 213 龜

17 strokes	214 龠

See also: Kangxi radicals

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