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蠹

蠹 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. (虫類) しみ。
  2. 紙、衣服、木を食い荒らす虫全般。しみ、きくいむしなど。
  3. むしばむ。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「䖵」+音符「橐」の略体。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

moth, insects which eat into clot

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ト
Kun (native)
  • きくいむし
Other languages
  • 拼音du4
  • 한글du
  • Hán-ViệtĐố

Basics

Strokes
24 strokes
Radical
虫(むし)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+8839

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿳𰀉冖𬒣

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Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
2-7-17
Four Corner
5013.6
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3p19.1
Nelson
4202