虫

variant of 蟲|虫[chong2]

lower form of animal life, including insects, insect larvae, worms and similar creatures / CL:條|条[tiao2],隻|只[zhi1] / (fig.) person with a particular undesirable characteristic

虫 = 中 + 厶 : Chantal Chicken and a mosquito are taking part in a dart contest just inside the engine's kitchen. The dart board is hanging in the middle of the entrance, and Chantal and the mosquito are standing to the sides. Over each of them a large fake nose is hovering: the loser will be covered in grey goose as punishment.

虫 character breakdown

虫
- 中
  - 丨
  - 口
- 厶

中

zho̅ng = zhu + (e)ng1

China / Chinese / surname Zhong

中

zho̅ng = zhu + (e)ng1

within / among / in / middle / center / while (doing sth) / during / (dialect) OK / all right

中 = 丨 + 口 : Mnemonic symbol: a dart board, because you always try to hit the center.

Julian Giant Squid (zhu-) is throwing dinosaur bones (丨) as darts on a dart board in front of the engine ((e)ng1). To make it a bit more difficult he's throwing mandarins (口) into the air as well and skewers them up right in the center (中 is a mandarin skewered on a dinosaur bone) in mid flight with the dinosaur bones. He's still able to consistently hit the center (中) of the dart board.

中

zhòng = zhu + (e)ng4

to hit (the mark) / to be hit by / to suffer / to win (a prize, a lottery)

厶

mǒu = m + ou3

old variant of 某[mou3]

厶

si̅ = s + Ø1

old variant of 私[si1]

Mnemonic symbol: a fake nose. Socrates (s) is wearing his fake nose (厶) in outer space, in front of the space station (Ø1).

Characters with 虫 as component

蛇

虵

shé = sh + e2

variant of 蛇[she2]

触

觸

chù = chu + Ø4

to touch / to make contact with sth / to stir up sb's emotions

触 = 虫 + 角 : Chantal Chicken (chu) found a way to listen to a mosquito (虫) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4): The mosquito is speaking into the small hole of a horn (角), and Chantal holds her ear to the wide end of the horn. In this way she can listen to the very touching (触) stories of the mosquito. After the mosquito finished Chantal wants to touch it (触) and pat it on the shoulder, but she accidentally smashes the mosquito.

螺

luó = lu + o2

spiral shell / snail / conch

螺 = 累 + 虫 : Lenny Lemur (lu) is trying to catch a mosquito (虫) in the observatory's kitchen (o2). To this end he attached a conch (螺) to the end of a rope (累) and throws the conch at the mosquito, hoping to catch it inside. After a miss he can just retract the conch with the rope.

浊

濁

zhuó = zhu + o2

turbid / muddy / impure

浊 = 氵 + 虫 : Julian Giant Squid (zhu) is drinking from a bottle of water (氵) in the observatory's kitchen (o2), but he finds that the water is very muddy (浊) because there are so many mosquitoes (虫) in the bottle.

蛋

dàn = d + an4

egg / CL:個|个[ge4],打[da2] / oval-shaped thing

蛋 = 疋 + 虫 : Don Quixote (d) is really annoyed by the many mosquitoes (虫) this year. In the anthill's bathroom (an4) he discovers many mosquito eggs (蛋) and angrily tramples on them wearing his gumboots (疋) while the mosquito (虫) parents can only helplessly watch.

蛋

dàn = d + an4

variant of 蜑[Dan4]

蚀

蝕

shí = sh + Ø2

to nibble away at sth / to eat into / to erode

蚀 = 虫 + 饣 : Sherlock Holmes (sh) is busy investigating a case of murder just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2) while a mosquito (虫) nibbles away (蚀) at his lunch, a Chinese cruller (饣).

蛙

wa̅ = w + a1

frog / CL:隻|只[zhi1]

蛙

鼃

wa̅ = w + a1

old variant of 蛙[wa1]

独

獨

dú = du + Ø2

alone / independent / single / sole / only

独 = 犭 + 虫 : Everyone has left the space station, only the animals are left: Doggy Dog (du), the dachshund (犭) and the mosquito (虫). They have noone who throws them a stick or exposes their bare body parts to bite. All alone (独), they wait in the space station's entrance (Ø2).

䖝

huǐ = hu + ei3

variant of 虺, snake

䖝

chóng = chu + (e)ng2

variant of 蟲|虫: insect, bug / creature, animal / insect infestation / person who indulges in something / a surname

䖝 = 丿 + 虫 : Mnemonic symbol: a slug. Chantal Chicken (chu) is using a banana (丿) to attract and eat slugs (䖝) and mosquitoes (虫) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2).

禹

yǔ = yu + Ø3

Yu the Great (c. 21st century BC), mythical leader who tamed the floods / surname Yu

禹 = 丿 + 虫 + 冂 : Yu the Great (禹) wants to impress Yu the Great (yu) in the space station's living room (Ø3) and studies a map (冂) of the world's rivers. After he decided where he want to build his dikes, he sends out an armada of mosquitoes (虫) carrying bananas (丿). The mosquitoes will drop the bananas at the determined positions and build dams with them so as to control the waters. Yu the Great is mildly impressed by these efforts.

禹 = 䖝 + 冂 : Yu the Great (禹) studies a map (冂) in the space station's living room (Ø3) to build his dams, but he's confused about all the new rivers which seem to have formed recently. In reality Yu the Great (yu) played a prank on him: she put a slug (䖝) on the map which just left trails of slime.

Words with 虫

寄

jì

虫

虫 character breakdown

Characters with 虫 as component

Words with 虫

Sentences with 虫