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蟲
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇯🇵🇰🇷
虫
🇨🇳

insects

HSK 10
Nature →Animals →Insects
chóng
チュウ、キ
むし
충, 훼
Triple of 虫.
Components
虫 insects+ 虫 insects+ 虫 insects =
蟲 insects
虫 Iconic component
chóng insects
insects, worms
虫 Iconic component
chóng insects
insects, worms
虫 Iconic component
chóng insects
insects, worms
Notes
Similar Characters
蛊 harm (simp)蜀 short name for Sichuan烛 taper (simp)融 melt独 alone (jp)触 touch (jp)浊 filthy (simp)繭 cocoon (trad/jp)茧 callus (simp)萤 glow-worm (simp)虮 louse (simp)虰 less common word虱 bug (simp)虹 rainbow虺 large poisonous snake虻 horsefly虼 a flea虽 even (simp)虾 prawn (simp)虿 a (simp)
Historical Evolution
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
蟲
Regular
Modern
Chinese
虫 / 蟲 [chóng]
lower form of animal life, including insects, insect larvae, worms and similar creatures; CL:條|条[tiáo],隻|只[zhī]; person with a particular undesirable characteristic
Japanese
虫 、 蟲 (old) むし 同音

noun

  1. insect; bug; cricket; moth
  2. worm; roundworm
  3. thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings; (one's) unconscious (from a traditional belief of an internal insect)
  4. nervousness; fretfulness
  5. person devoted to one thing; single-minded person
  6. valve core
  7. hanafuda usually kana mushi (type of game played with a stripped deck)
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (3)
彼女は虫が大嫌いだ。
She has a strong dislike of insects.
鳥は虫を探していた。
The bird was looking for worms.
彼は確かにハンサムで頭もいいかもしれないけど、どこか虫の好かないところがあるの。
Certainly he is handsome and intelligent, but there is something about him that I can't like.
CHINESE WORDS (157)
虫子 [chóng​zi] #3,067
insect
昆虫 [kūn​chóng] #8,037
insect
寄生虫 [jì​shēng​chóng] #8,225
parasite (biology)
害虫 [hài​chóng] #12,377
injurious insect
可怜虫 [kě​lián​chóng] #8,491
pitiful creature
幼虫 [yòu​chóng] #15,844
larva
杀虫剂 [shā​chóng​jì] #12,694
insecticide
血吸虫 [xuè​xī​chóng] #50,082
schistosoma
病虫害 [bìng​chóng​hài] #16,133
plant diseases and insect pests
萤火虫 [yíng​huǒ​chóng] #13,893
firefly
147 more items
JAPANESE WORDS (7)
蠱惑的 [こわくてき] #25,130
fascinating
蠱惑 [こわく] #64,654
fascination
地虫 [じむし] #73,473
scarabaeid beetle grub
虫出し [むしだし] #244,584
first spring thunderstorm of the year
屁放き虫 [へこきむし] #312,045
stinky bug (esp. the bombardier beetle)
王蟲 [おうむ]
Ohmu (gigantic insect from the anime "Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind")
虫国 [ちゅうごく]
China
KOREAN WORDS (10)
살충제 #36,883
insecticide; pesticide
곤충
insect
기생충
parasite
독충
harmful insect
병충해
damage from disease and pests
성충
imago; adult insect
유충
larva; caterpillar
파충류
reptiles
해충
harmful insects; pest
회충
ascaris