虫 chóng insect; worm


Made with 6 strokes.

Old pictogram of a coiled worm

Sounds same

重 chóng (duplicate)

Radical

Index 142 used in: 独 dú (alone) ; 蛇 shé (snake) ; 虽 suī (although) ; 虾 xiā (shrimp)

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stroke order for 虫
Stroke order for character 虫, kindly provided under Wikimedia creative commons license ➚

Proverbs

夏虫疑冰 xià chóng yí bīng An ignorant person doesn't understand the wider truth
百足之虫死而不僵 bǎi zú zhī chóng sǐ ér bù jiāng An evil is not easily disposed of; old institutions take a long time to renew

Also

萤火虫 yíng huǒ chóng glow worm