Radical 142
Radical 142 or radical insect meaning "insect" or "worm" is one of the 29 Kangxi radicals composed of 6 strokes.
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 1067 characters to be found under this radical.
虫 is also the 131st indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.
The character 虫 models a worm. To derive from this, characters meaning creeping animals such as reptiles, insects, worms, amphibians, and shellfish are included in this radical. The character 虫 is used as the simplified form of 蟲 in Simplified Chinese and Japanese and occasionally in Traditional Chinese.