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Radical 142

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← 141 Radical 142 (U+2F8D) 143 →
(U+866B) "insect, worm"
Pronunciations
Pinyin:hǔi, chóng
Bopomofo:ㄏㄨㄟˇ, ㄔㄨㄥˊ
Wade–Giles:hui3, ch'ung2
Cantonese Yale:wai2, chung4
Jyutping:wai2, cung4
Japanese Kana:キ ki (on'yomi)
むし mushi (kun'yomi)
Sino-Korean:훼 hwe
Hán-Việt:trùng
Names
Chinese name(s):(Left) 虫字旁 chóngzìpáng
(Bottom) 虫字底 chóngzìdǐ
Japanese name(s):虫/むし mushi
(Left) 虫偏/むしへん mushihen
Hangul:벌레 beolle
Stroke order animation

Radical 142 or radical insect (虫部) meaning "insect" or "worm" is one of the 29 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 6 strokes.

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

is also the 131st indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.

The character models a worm. To derive from this, characters meaning creeping animals such as reptiles, insects, worms, amphibians, and shellfish are included in this radical. The character 虫 is used as the simplified form of 蟲 in Simplified Chinese and Japanese and occasionally in Traditional Chinese.

Evolution

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Derived characters

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Strokes Characters
+0 (also SC and JP form of 蟲)
+1 SC (=虯)
+2 SC (=蟣) SC/JP (=蝨)
+3 SC (= -> ) SC (=蝦) SC (=蠆) SC (=蝕) SC (=蟻) SC (=螞)
+4 (=蚊) SC/JP (=蠶) (=蛔) SC (=蠔) (= -> ) (=蚺) SC (=蜆)
+5 SC (=蠱) JP (=螢) SC (=蠣) SC (=蟶)
+6 (=蛔) (= -> ) (=蛩) SC/JP (=蠻) SC (=蟄) SC (=蛺) SC (=蟯) SC (=螄) SC (=蠐)
+7 (=蜃) (=螂) SC (=蛻) (=蛔) SC (=蝸) (=䖵)
+8 (=蚣) (=蜞) SC (=蠟) (=蠶) SC (=蠅) SC (=蟈) SC (=蟬) JP (=蠟)
+9 SC (=蠍) (= -> ) (=虻) SC (=螻) SC (=蠑) JP (=蠅) (=螿)
+10 (=融) (=蚊) SC (=蟎)
+11 (=蚊) (=蟆) SC (=蠨)
+12 (=蟒)
+13 (=蠡) (=蟹)
+14 (= -> )
+15
+16 (=蠹)
+17 (=蜂)
+18 (=蠶)
+19
+20
+21
+22

Sinogram

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The radical is also used as an independent Chinese character. It is one of the Kyōiku kanji or Kanji taught in elementary school in Japan.[1] It is a first grade kanji[1]


References

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  1. ^ a b "The Kyoiku Kanji (教育漢字) - Kanshudo". www.kanshudo.com. Archived from the original on March 24, 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-06.


Literature

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  • 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.
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