shí

nibble away

An insect  bite  also provides the pronunciation

Components
饣 sound,meaning component

  Sound Meaning component

shí

  

eat

虫 meaning component

  Meaning component

chóng

  

bug, insect

Evolution

蚀 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
蚀 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
蚀 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

shí

nibble away; erode; eclipse; to nibble away at sth; to eat into; to erode

Most common words with 蚀
Freq.
Word
Meaning

腐蚀

corrosion

侵蚀

to erode

to erode

锈蚀

rust

蚀刻

to etch

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 3.2677% of movies

2718th most common character in movies

2625th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Traditional

Unicode

U+8680


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