蟲 Stroke Order

蟲 chóng [名] 1. In ancient times, a general term for animals. 在古時，對動物的通稱。 2. Insect. 昆蟲。 3. Plague of insects. 蟲災。 4. A figurative term for a person with a certain trait or hobby. 喻指具有某種特點或嗜好的人。 5. Place name. During the Spring and Autumn period, a town name in the State of Zheng, located to the east of present-day Jining City, Shandong Province. 地名。春秋鄭國邑名。在今山東省濟寧市東。 6. Surname. 姓。 1. In ancient times, a general term for animals, which included humans. Later, the meaning narrowed to specifically refer to insects, although large animals like tigers could still be called "大蟲". 古時對所有動物的泛稱，包括人在內，後詞義縮小，主指昆蟲，但老虎仍可稱為“大蟲”。 2. Same as the original meaning (En: insect). 同本義。 3. A general term for all animals in ancient times (En: animal). 古代泛指所有的動物。 4. Insect plague (En: plague of insects). 蟲災。 引例 1. "有足謂之蟲，無足謂之豸。" (Shuo Wen Jie Zi) "Those with feet are called insects, and those without are called pests." 2. "風為蟲。" (Confucius' Family Sayings) "Wind is the insect." 3. "煩氣為蟲。" (Huai Nan Zi) "Anxiety is a type of insect." 4. "禽獸蟲蛾。" (Lie Zi) "Birds, beasts, insects, and moths." 5. "蟲飛薨薨。" (Book of Songs) "Insects fly about in swarms." 6. "古人之觀於天地、山川、草木、蟲魚、鳥獸，往往有得。" (Wang Anshi) "The ancients' perspective on nature, mountains, rivers, vegetation, insects, fish, and beasts often contained insights." 7. "人民不勝蟲蛇。" (Han Fei Zi) "The people cannot withstand insects and snakes." 例子 1. 蟲豸 (insect; bug) 2. 蟲蛭 (small insect) 3. 蟲天 (the variety of insects adapting to their environment) 4. 蟲吊 (the sound of insects, reminiscent of a lament) 5. 蟲出 (after a person dies, insects are said to emerge from the body; signifies not being buried properly). 引例 1. "肉腐出蟲。" (Xunzi) "Rotting meat gives rise to insects." 3. A general term for all animals (En: animal). 引例 1. "蛟蟲死。" (Lü Shi Chun Qiu) "The dragon's insect dies." 例子 1. 長蟲 (large insect; dialectally refers to tigers) 2. 蟲蝦 (refers to fish and shrimp) 3. 蟲蝨 (general term for wood-boring insects) 4. 蟲網 (the web of a spider) 4. Insect plague (En: plague of insects). 例子 1. 蟲霜水旱 (referring to the four major disasters encountered by farmland) 2. 蟲妖 (disasters caused by insects, often referring to locust plagues). 蟲咬 1. Insect bite. 蟲咬。 蟲咬 1. Insect eats away at food. 蟲食物。 蟲蟲 1. Later written as "爞爞," describing the appearance of heat steaming people. 後作“爞爞”，熱氣蒸人的樣子。 引例 1. "旱既大甚，蘊隆蟲蟲。" (Book of Songs) "When the drought is severe, the heat steams like insects."