Shen Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Insect (chóng) Entry: Zhu Kangxi Stroke Count: 19 Page 1100, Entry 08 Pronounced zhu. Pronounced zhu. Pronounced the same as zhu. Refers to the zhizhu, the name of an insect. Erya: Explaining Insects (Erya): The wu, also known as the wuzhu. Note: It is a large insect about as thick as a finger, resembling a silkworm. Book of Odes (Shijing), Odes of Bin (Binfeng): The wriggling caterpillar. Zhuangzi: Gengsang Chu: A buzzing bee cannot transform a bean caterpillar. Note: Zhu is the large green caterpillar found in bean leaves. Also used as a personal name. Strategies of the Warring States (Zhan Guo Ce): Yan Du is written as Wang Zhu in the Later Sayings of the Spring and Autumn Period (Chunqiu Houyu). Also pronounced chuo. Pronounced the same as chuo. Pronounced shu. Pronounced the same as shu. The meaning is the same. Also pronounced zhu. Pronounced the same as zhu. Refers to the yuanzhu. Also, in the Book of Odes, the word zhu in the phrase the wriggling caterpillar is pronounced ru in ancient phonetics, rhyming with the word ye in the following line. Also commonly written as shu. Ancient Interpretations of the Odes (Shigu): The character shu originally included the radical for insect, and the addition of another insect radical is a common variant form. Sometimes also written in a variant form (zhu).