one of the 214 radicals in the traditional character classification system
蛇蛇RS | | snake, serpent, hard drinker | - snake 虫 sneaking into a house 它
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蛍蛍RS | | glow-worm, luminous insect | - insect 虫 with a little light 龸
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蛙蛙RS | | frog | - eats insects 虫 and lives in the ground 土土
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蜘蜘RS | 䵹鼅𧐉𫪦 | spider | - insect 虫 that shoots things like an arrow from it's mouth 知
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蛛蛛RS | 𦧙鼄 | spider | - insect 虫 living in trees 朱 catching flies
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蜉蜉RS | | mayfly, kind of large insect | | |
蝣蝣RS | | mayfly | - swimming 斿 insect 虫 that leaves the water to become a mayfly
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蚤蚤RS 𧈡𧈡 | | flea, louse | - RS. insects, snakes and small animals 虫, insect with claws 㕚: flea
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蠍蠍RS 蝎蝎 | 𥗧𧒤𧓚𧕔𧔄 | scorpion | - snake 虫 like creature usually at rest 歇
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強強RS 强强 | | strong, powerful, energetic | - great, conquering 弘 individual 厶/口 with a great mouth 口 (厶+口 → 虫)
- who hunts 弓 and eats 口 insects 虫 is strong
| 艮 雄 力 猛 剛; 濃 |
蚊蚊RS | | mosquito, gnat | - insect 虫 feasting on cultured people 文
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蟬蟬RS 蝉蝉 | 蟺 | cicada, continuous | | |
蟹蟹RS | 䲒蠏𩼠 | crab, brachyura | - knife separating the horn 解 from this snake 虫 like creature when eating it: crab
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蝙蝙RS | | bat | - when you open the door to read bamboo books 扁 this snake 虫 like creature flies out in winter
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蝠蝠RS | 𪕲 | bat | - snake 虫 like creature that is black like ink 畐
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蜥蜥RS | 蜤𧈼蝷𧌥𧌨𧎀 𧎴 | lizard | - snake 虫 like creature walking along splits in wood 析
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蜴蜴RS | 易蝪𧊤 | lizard | - snake 虫 like animal 勿 enjoying the heat of the sun 日
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蜀蜀RS | | Shu, an ancient kingdom in what is Szechwan today, an alternative name of Szechwan | - RS. an insect with a head 罒 on top and a body 勹 insect 虫 is redundant - place name
- usually simplified to 虫
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禹禹RS | | Yu, the legendary founder of the Hsia 夏 Dynasty 21st-16th century B.C. | - insect 虫 with a wide bottom 冂 and head 一
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風風RS 风风 | 𠙊𠙈凬飌檒 | wind, air, manners, atmosphere | - RS. sail 凡 and insects 虫 fly in the wind
- ⓢ a hand 乂 inside the hive 几 provokes a buzzing which sounds like the wind
| 流 式; 様 |