蝕 — 14 strokes ／ Radical「虫」
道準1University / general ／ 14 strokes ／ Radical「虫」
- On
- ショク
- Kun
- むしば.む
- Meaning
- to erode; eclipse
Origin
Insect 虫 with 食 "to eat": to be eaten away as if by insects; also used of eclipses.
Stroke order
Compounds
- 侵蝕しんしょく
erosion
- 日蝕にっしょく
solar eclipse
Example
波が長い年月をかけて岸を侵蝕した。
Over long years the waves ate away the shore.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)