蠹 — 24 strokes ／ Radical「虫」
道1University / general (hardest) ／ 24 strokes ／ Radical「虫」
- On
- ト
- Kun
- きくいむし
- Meaning
- a wood-boring insect
Origin
Insect 虫 with abbreviated 橐 as phonetic: the insect that bores into wood and books.
Stroke order
Compounds
- 蠹魚しみ
a silverfish; a bookworm
- 蠹害とがい
damage by boring insects
Example
蔵書が蠹魚に食われる。
The books in the collection are eaten by silverfish.
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