虫书 chóngshū bird-worm seal script Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 鸟虫书 niǎochóngshū bird-insect script An ancient Chinese calligraphic style based on [[篆书|篆書|zhuan4 shu1]] that features characters decorated with bird and insect patterns; it was one of the six script types established by Wang Mang.