IDENTITY
虫chónginsect; worm
HSK 4Top 800
CORE MEANING
insect; worm
- Part of speech
- noun
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.insect; wormHSK4
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 虫insect radical (chóng)
- strokes
- 6
- Structure
- single structure
- IDS sequence
- 虫
USAGE
Common words
虫子chóngziinsect
昆虫kūnchónginsect
Graded examples
夏天虫子很多。Xiàtiān chóngzi hěn duō.HSK4
There are many bugs in summer.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
LEARNING
Memory aid
The old picture of a snake — a small crawling creature, an insect.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #800
- Memory aid
- imagery
TRUST & SOURCES
- Reviewed by
- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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