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虫
蟲
chóng
1.
lower form of animal life, including insects, insect larvae, worms and similar creatures
2.
CL:[[條|条<tiáo>]], [[隻|只<zhī>]]
3.
person with a particular undesirable characteristic
Very Common • Top 3%
✏️ 6 strokes
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
吸虫
xīchóng
trematoda
大虫
dàchóng
tiger
害虫
hàichóng
injurious insect
幼虫
yòuchóng
larva
懒虫
lǎnchóng
lazy fellow (insult)
成虫
chéngchóng
imago (adult, sexually mature insect, the final stage of its development)
扁虫
biǎnchóng
flatworm
打虫
dǎchóng
to swat an insect
昆虫
kūnchóng
insect
书虫
shūchóng
bookworm
杀虫
shāchóng
insecticide
毛虫
máochóng
caterpillar
沙虫
shāchóng
sandworm
淫虫
yínchóng
sex maniac
潮虫
cháochóng
woodlouse (suborder Oniscidea within the order Isopoda)
爬虫
páchóng
reptile (old or common word for [[爬行動物|爬行动物]])
球虫
qiúchóng
coccidia (biology)
瓢虫
piáochóng
ladybug
甲虫
jiǎchóng
beetle
病虫
bìngchóng
plant diseases and insect pests
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 5
- Character Frequency Rank
- 1,286
- Word Frequency Rank
- 2,144 of 84,292
- Radical Number
- 142