Chinese Character 蠹 Meanings and components.

Form

蠹

Meaning

蠹 meaning[3] in English

Insect That Eats Into Books, Clothing Etc.

Moth-Eaten.

Worm-Eaten.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 蠹 can be seen as a composition of 1 main shapes where its meanings is and (䖵)

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 JBMRI

蠹 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

蠹
Pinyin:du4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Insect That Eats Into Books, Clothing Etc . Moth-Eaten . Worm-Eaten
䖵
Pinyin:kun1 Shape:吅
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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