insect
chóng (chong2)
Radical no. 142 · 6 strokes (第 142 部首 · 6 画 dì 142 bùshǒu · 6 huà)
Radical ⾍ (chóng) — meaning: insect, 6 strokes.
Origin & mnemonic
This radical derives from a pictographic depiction of an insect in oracle-bone script and seal script. The three legs below and segmented body structure represent the anatomical features of an insect.
Mnemonic: Remember the three strokes below as the three pairs of insect legs, with the upper body forming the head and abdomen.
Characters with this radical (含此部首的字 hán cǐ bùshǒu de zì)
243 characters- 蝎xiē
variant of 蠍|蝎[xie1]
15 strokes
- 蝏tíng
used in 蜻蝏[qing1 ting2]
15 strokes
- 蝐mào
see 蝳蝐[dai4 mao4]
15 strokes
- 蝑xū
used in 蜙蝑[song1 xu1]
15 strokes
- 蝒mián
large, black cicada
15 strokes
- 蝓yú
used in 蛞蝓[kuo4 yu2]
15 strokes
- 蝘yǎn
Hemidactylus bowringii
15 strokes
- 蝙biān
used in 蝙蝠[bian1 fu2]
15 strokes
- 蝛wēi
see 蛜蝛[yi1 wei1]
15 strokes
- 蝝yuán
locust larva without wings
15 strokes
- 猬wèi
(bound form) hedgehog
15 strokes
- 蝠fú
(bound form) bat
15 strokes
- 蝣yóu
used in 蜉蝣[fu2 you2]
15 strokes
- 蝤qiú
used in 蝤蠐|蝤蛴[qiu2 qi2]
15 strokes
- 蝥máo
variant of 蟊[mao2]
15 strokes
- 蝮fù
insect
15 strokes
- 蝰kuí
used in 蝰蛇[kui2 she2]
15 strokes
- 蝲là
used in 蝲蛄[la4 gu3]
15 strokes
- 蝳dài
see 蝳蝐[dai4 mao4]
15 strokes
- 蝻nǎn
locust nymph
15 strokes
- 蝼lóu
see 螻蛄|蝼蛄[lou2 gu1]
15 strokes
- 蝽chūn
bedbug
15 strokes
- 蝾róng
salamander
15 strokes
- 螀jiāng
cicada (Cosmopsaltria opalifera)
15 strokes
- 螋sōu
used in 蠼螋[qu2 sou1]
15 strokes
- 螟míng
boring insect
16 strokes
- 螒hàn
Aulacophora femoralis
16 strokes
- 螠yì
echiuroid (spoon worm)
16 strokes
- 螣téng
flying dragon
16 strokes
- 螃páng
used in 螃蟹[pang2 xie4]
16 strokes
- 螅xī
used in 水螅[shui3 xi1]
16 strokes
- 螈yuán
salamander
16 strokes
- 螉wēng
see 蠮螉[ye1 weng1]
16 strokes
- 螓qín
small cicada with a square head
16 strokes
- 螗táng
variety of small cicada with a green back and a clear song (in ancient books)
16 strokes
- 螙dù
variant of 蠹[du4]
16 strokes
- 螚nài
Eristalis tenax
16 strokes
- 萤yíng
firefly
16 strokes
- 螨mǎn
mite
16 strokes
- 螭chī
dragon with horns not yet grown (in myth or heraldry)
16 strokes
- 螯áo
chela; nippers; claw; pincers (of crabs, lobsters, scorpions etc)
16 strokes
- 蟆má
old variant of 蟆[ma2]
16 strokes
- 蟒mǎng
python
16 strokes
- 𧏖bīn
pearl-oyster
16 strokes
- 螫shì
(literary) (of a bee or spider etc) to sting or bite
17 strokes
- 䗪zhè
Chinese ground beetle (Eupolyphaga sinensis)
17 strokes
- 螬cáo
used in 蠐螬|蛴螬[qi2 cao2]
17 strokes
- 螳táng
praying mantis
17 strokes
Quick check
A few short questions. No score kept, no account needed.
Question 1 of 5
Which radical is the main radical of 蝐?
Related radicals (相关部首 xiāngguān bùshǒu)
Same stroke count or numerically adjacent in the 214-radical set.