Chinese Character 蝕 Meanings and components.

Form

蝕

Meaning

蝕 meaning[3] in English

To Nibble Away At Sth.

To Eat Into.

To Erode.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 蝕 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are to eat (食) , and lower form of … (虫)

Its radical[1] is: 虫 (chong2) which means: Lower Form Of Animal Life, Including Insects, Insect Larvae, Worms And Similar Creatures, Cl:條|条[Tiao2],隻|只[Zhi1], (Fig.) Person With A Particular Undesirable Characteristic, .虫chong2lower form …

In cangjie it is written with OILMI

How to write 蝕

To write蝕shi2to nibble … you should write a combination of 食shi2to eat , 虫chong2lower form … arranged in a 吅 shape:

食 + 虫 = 蝕

蝕 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 蝕 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 蝕, looks as follow:

蝕
Pinyin:shi2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Nibble Away At Sth . To Eat Into . To Erode
食
Pinyin:shi2
Meaning[3]: To Eat . Food . Animal Feed . Eclipse
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
良
Pinyin:liang2 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Good . Very . Very Much
丶
Pinyin:zhu3
Meaning[3]: 'Dot' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 3) . See Also 點|点[Dian3]
艮
Pinyin:gen3
Meaning[3]: Blunt . Tough . Chewy
虫
Pinyin:chong2
Meaning[3]: Lower Form Of Animal Life, Including Insects, Insect Larvae, Worms And Similar Creatures . Cl:條|条[Tiao2],隻|只[Zhi1] . (Fig.) Person With A Particular Undesirable Characteristic

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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