Radical 142
| 虫 | |
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| Radical 142 (U+2F8D) | |
| (U+866B) "insect, worm" | |
| Pinyin: | chóng |
| Bopomofo: | ㄔㄨㄥˊ |
| Wade–Giles: | ch'ung2 |
| Cantonese Yale: | chung4, wai2 |
| Jyutping: | cung4, 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 "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 worm. To derive from this, characters meaning creeping animals such as reptiles, insects, worms, amphibians, and shellfish are included in this radical.
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