蝕

See also 蚀, and 触

Translingual

Han character

蝕 (radical 142 虫+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 人戈中一戈 (OILMI), four-corner 8573₆)

1. nibble away
2. erode
3. eclipse

References

• KangXi: page 1089, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33264
• Dae Jaweon: page 1555, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2864, character 8
• Unihan data for U+8755

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Cantonese

Hanzi

蝕 (simplified 蚀, Yale sik6)

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Japanese

Noun

蝕 (hiragana しょく, romaji shoku)

1. eclipse; erosion, corrosion

Kanji

蝕

Readings

• On: しょく (shoku)
• Kun: むしばむ (mushibamu)

Compounds

• 皆既蝕 (かいきしょく, kaikishoku): total eclipse
• 月蝕 (げっしょく, gesshoku): lunar eclipse
• 蝕甚 (しょくじん, shokujin): maximum eclipse
• 侵蝕 (しんしょく, shinshoku): erosion, corrosion
• 浸蝕 (しんしょく, shinshoku): erosion, corrosion (by water)
• 日蝕 (にっしょく, nisshoku): solar eclipse
• 腐蝕 (ふしょく, fushoku): corrosion

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Korean

Hanja

蝕 (hangeul 식, revised sik, McCune-Reischauer sik, Yale sik)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

蝕 (simplified 蚀, pinyin shí (shi2), Wade-Giles shih²)

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Vietnamese

Han character

蝕 (thực)