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蠹 — 24 strokes ／ Radical「虫」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 24 strokes ／ Radical「虫」
On
トと · to
Kun
きくいむしkikuimushi
Meaning
a wood-boring insect

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Insect 虫 with abbreviated 橐 as phonetic: the insect that bores into wood and books.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 蠹魚しみ

    a silverfish; a bookworm

  • 蠹害とがい

    damage by boring insects

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

蔵書(ぞうしょ)が蠹魚に食(く)われる。

The books in the collection are eaten by silverfish.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

蠹害蠹魚蠹害harm魚fish蚩to moc…蚪used…蚣used…蚌a fres…蚓an ear…抖to sha…肚the be…咤to sho…荼a bitt…屠to sla…
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Compound

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