Shen Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Insect (chóng) Entry: Chong Kangxi Stroke Count: 15 Page 1090, Entry 21 Pronounced chong (level tone). Yu Pian (Jade Chapters) defines this as silkworms that hatch late. Yun Hui (Rhyme Collection) states that in the Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), these are called original silkworms. Additionally, according to Jiyun (Collected Rhymes), also pronounced zhong. It refers to locusts. Sometimes also written in a variant form.