Characters › 虫
6 strokes · radical 虫 · HSK 4 · traditional 蟲
18 strokes · HSK 4 · simplified 虫
A way to remember it
A snake coiled with its head raised. It once meant snake and now means insect or worm generally, which is why the traditional 蟲 stacks three of them.
A picture that makes the shape stick — not a claim about the character’s history.
Draft — written with AI help and not yet read by a person. What that means.
Shown in simplified. Converting whole words needs one-to-many knowledge this site does not have — 发 is 發 in 出发 but 髮 in 头发 — and a confidently wrong word would be worse than an honest simplified one.
Got it. Tell someone:
insect
chóng — insect
Radical 虫 · 6 strokes · HSK 4 · traditional 蟲
18 strokes · HSK 4 · simplified 虫
A way to remember itA snake coiled with its head raised. It once meant snake and now means insect or worm generally, which is why the traditional 蟲 stacks three of them.