虫 (chóng) is Kangxi radical no. 142, “insect”. In this form it is written with 6 strokes.
虫 (chóng) covers insects, worms and other small creatures - including, in old taxonomy, snakes and shellfish.
The characters range from 6 to 21 strokes. 2 of them already appear in HSK 3.0 levels 1–2, and 2 have a full word page of their own.
Good ones to start with: 蛋 (dàn) egg, 虽 (suī) although.
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