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

遣

qiǎn = qi + an3

(bound form) to dispatch; to send / (bound form) to drive away; to dispel

遣 = 虫 + 追 : Mnemonic symbol: a dispatch (ger. "Depesche", the old fashioned letter).

遣 = 虫 + 追 : The Queen of Hearts (qi) wants to get a coat made out of mosquitoes, so she dispatches (遣) the bounty hunter (追) to go hunt mosquitoes (虫) for her in the anthill (an3).

蜜

mì = mi + Ø4

honey

蜜 = 宓 + 虫 : Marilyn Monroe (mi) is inattentive for only a few seconds, but during these seconds the mosquito (虫) already took the chance to suck on her honey pot (蜜) very silently (宓) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4).

融

螎

róng = ru + (e)ng2

old variant of 融[rong2]

融 = 虫 + 鬲 : Rachel Rhinoceros (ru) and the mosquito (虫) are joining forces to enter the financial market (融) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2). To foresee what they should invest in they are using an iron cauldron (鬲) to melt (融) lead and perform molybdomancy.

融

róng = ru + (e)ng2

to melt / to thaw / to blend / to merge / to be in harmony

蜂

蠭

fe̅ng = f + (e)ng1

old variant of 蜂[feng1]

蜂 = 夆 + 虫 : Frankenstein's Monster (f) observes a mosquito (虫) and a bee (蜂) fighting in front of the engine ((e)ng1). He wants to break up the fight but as he intervenes, the mosquito and the bee both butt (夆) him.

蜂

fe̅ng = f + (e)ng1

bee / wasp

蜂

䗬

fe̅ng = f + (e)ng1

variant of 蜂[feng1]

蚤

zǎo = z + ao3

flea

蚤 = 叉 + 丶 + 虫 : Zorro (z) is eating a bowl of petal leaves (丶) in the aorta (ao3) when he discovers that there are a lot of fleas (叉) and mosquitoes (虫) in his dish. Even as he lifts his fork (叉) to inspect a petal leaf he finds the fleas dancing on the fork's cusps.

蝇

蠅

yíng = y + (e)ng2

fly / musca / CL:隻|只[zhi1]

䖵

Character component without intrinsic meaning

蝶

dié = di + e2

(bound form) butterfly

蝶 = 枼 + 虫 : Dorothy Gale (di) pursues a very special hobby in the elevator's kitchen (e2). She has a large wooden desk (枼) with lots of watercolors. Whenever a mosquito (虫) lands on her desk, she colors it with her watercolors very carefully and thus changes it into a butterfly (蝶). Dorothy is very popular with the mosquitoes.

Words with 虫

寄

jì

虫

虫 character breakdown

Characters with 虫 as component

Words with 虫

Sentences with 虫