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蝕 — 14 strokes ／ Radical「虫」

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準1University / general ／ 14 strokes ／ Radical「虫」
On
ショクしょく · shoku
Kun
むしば.むmushiba.mu
Meaning
to erode; eclipse

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Insect 虫 with 食 "to eat": to be eaten away as if by insects; also used of eclipses.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 侵蝕しんしょく

    erosion

  • 日蝕にっしょく

    solar eclipse

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

波(なみ)が長(なが)い年月(としつき)をかけて岸(きし)を侵蝕(しんしょく)した。

Over long years the waves ate away the shore.

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