蝕
Stroke order
This stroke order diagram is drawn with 15 strokes; it can differ from the count above because the sources use slightly different glyph shapes.
Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).
Meaning
eclipse, occultation, be defective
English glosses from KANJIDIC2.
Readings
- On (Sino-Japanese)
- ショク
- Kun (native)
- むしば(む)
- Other languages
- 拼音shi2
- 한글sig
- Hán-ViệtThực
Basics
- Strokes
- 14 strokes
- Radical
- 虫(むし)
- JIS level
- Level 1
- Unicode
U+8755
Components
Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.
Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰飠虫
Words using this kanji
- 蝕むむしばむto be worm-eaten, to be eaten by worms, to affect adversely, to spoil
Words starting with this kanji, most common first.
Similar-looking kanji
Selected automatically by comparing composition (IDS). “Same composition” means the parts and their arrangement match.
Lookup codes
- SKIP
1-8-6- Four Corner
8573.6- Spahn–Hadamitzky
8b6.1- Heisig
- 2816
- Nelson
- 5165