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

虾

蝦

xia̅ = xi + a1

shrimp / prawn

虾 = 虫 + 下 : In order to be admitted to the ashram Xi Shi (xi) has to complete a trial in front of it (a1). She has to survive a sea of shrimp (虾) only with the help of a ladder (下) on which she can save herself from the shrimp army. To not make it too easy for her though there's also an army of mosquitoes (虫) harassing her.

虾

蝦

há = h + a2

see 蝦蟆|虾蟆[ha2 ma5]

蜡

蠟

là = l + a4

candle / wax

蜡 = 昔 + 虫 : Sir Lancelot (l) spent all day waxing (蜡) the floor of the ashram's bathroom (a4). Even when the mosquito (虫) drops his milkshake (昔) on the floor it just drops off and doesn't wet the floor.

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).

蜘

zhi̅ = zh + Ø1

see 蜘蛛[zhi1 zhu1]

萤

螢

yíng = y + (e)ng2

firefly / glow-worm

蛾

é = Ø + e2

(bound form) moth

蝙

bia̅n = bi + an1