蚀(shí)

HSK 7-99 strokesTrad. 蝕

to nibble away at sth

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Character information

Pinyin
shí
Meaning
to nibble away at sth; to eat into; to erode
Strokes
9
HSK level
HSK 7-9
Traditional
蝕

Origin & structure

Where 蚀 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿰饣虫

An insect 虫 bite 饣; 饣 also provides the pronunciation

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

饣shí虫chóng

Parts are arranged left to right.

Traditional form 蝕: An insect 虫 bite 飠; 飠 also provides the pronunciation

How to write 蚀 step by step

9 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 蚀

Common words using 蚀 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

fǔ腐shí蚀
HSK 7-9

corrosion

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qīn侵shí蚀

to erode; to corrode

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piān偏shí蚀

partial eclipse

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quán全shí蚀

total eclipse

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yuè月shí蚀

variant of 月食[yue4 shi2]

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shí蚀kè刻

to etch

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xiù锈shí蚀

to rust away

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fǔ腐shí蚀xìng性

(lit. and fig.) corrosive

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From 蚀’s common words

腐侵偏全月刻锈性

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