Shen Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Insect (chóng) Kui Kangxi Strokes: 15 Page 1091, Entry 08 Pronounced kui. The name of an insect. It refers to a silkworm pupa. Also, according to the Erudite Broadness (Boya), it is a type of venomous snake. According to the Materia Medica (Bencao), the green kui is the bamboo-root snake.