Radical family

虫 radical character index

chóng · insect; creature

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197 indexed characters

Characters are grouped by total stroke count so you can narrow the family the same way a traditional radical index works.

6 strokes

1 character

虫chóng

insect, worm

7 strokes

1 character

虬qiú

young dragon

8 strokes

3 characters

虰dīng

dragonfly

虮jǐ

nits, lice

虱shī

bug, louse, parasite

9 strokes

10 characters

虽suī

although, even though

shrimp, prawn

scorpion

flea

rainbow

a large venomous snake

ant

horsefly, gadfly

ant

flea

10 strokes

15 characters

oysters, mussels

silkworm

worm

tadpole

a kind of water beetle

蚣gōng

centipede

蚝háo

a poisonous hairy caterpillar

horny toad

mussels, shellfish

mosquito, gnat

mosquito, gnat

clam, bivalve

aphid, plant louse

earthworm

salamander, newt

11 strokes

16 characters

egg

snake

razor clam

mole cricket

poison, venom

clam, bivalve

oyster

oyster

dragonfly, sandfly

earthworm

maggot

boa constrictor

millipede

larva

grasshopper

termite, bookworm

12 strokes

20 characters

barbarians

clam

tapeworm

butterfly, nymphalid

a legendary scaled dragon

snail, slug

a marine crab

parasitic worm

grubs, maggots

cricket, locust

cricket

a snail with a spiral shell

dragonfly

frog

millipede

rice weevil

woodlouse

to hibernate

leech

spider

13 strokes

18 characters

toad

moth

bee, wasp, hornet

wasp

butterfly, nymphalid

clam

dung beetle

octopus

clam

the name of an ancient state

to molt

to molt

snail

centipede

dragonfly

pupa, chrysalis

mosquito larva

jellyfish

14 strokes

20 characters

honey, nectar

candle, wax

cicada

cockroach

cicada, grasshopper

solitary wasp

mantis, dung beetle

grasshopper

tick, mite

lightfoot crab

dragonfly

to curl one's body

to nibble at, to erode

cicada, broad locust

to creep, to crawl

lizard

lizard

fly, musca

toad

spider

15 strokes

22 characters

bat

bedbug

butterfly

bat

viper, venomous snake

butterfly

locust

tadpole

forest viper

mole cricket

Spanish fly

immature locust

grub, larva

lizard

louse

earwig, millipede, spider

porcupine, hedgehog

snail

shrimp, prawn

scorpion

mayfly

snail

16 strokes

15 characters

claws, pincers

cruel

frog, toad

ant

mite, insect

python, boa constrictor

螟míng

caterpillar, larva

螃páng

crab

螓qín

a small cicada with a square head

螄sī

a snail with a spiral shell

a kind of cicada

wasp

intestinal worm

firefly, glow-worm

silkworm

17 strokes

18 characters

grubs found in fruit

rainbow

cicada, grasshopper

leech

mole cricket

spiral shell, conch

mite, insect

Spanish fly

chrysalis

poison, sting

cricket

praying mantis

cricket

silkworm

a long-legged spider

cockroach

to hibernate

katydid

18 strokes

12 characters

cicada

insect, worm

a kind of cicada

nits, lice

mite, larva

insect

cicada

parasitic worm

to occupy

land-crab

earthworm

spider

19 strokes

9 characters

toad

inch-worm

cockroach

solitary wasp

midge, sandfly

scorpion

crab, brachyura

ant

fly, musca

20 strokes

4 characters

oyster

small fly

lizard

wasp

21 strokes

4 characters

to wriggle

candle, wax

termite

oyster

23 strokes

4 characters

poison, venom

millipede

a long-legged spider

bee

24 strokes

3 characters

蠶cán

silkworm

蠹dù

moth, bookworm

蠵xī

large turtle

25 strokes

1 character

蠻mán

barbarians

26 strokes

1 character

蠼qú

earwig

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