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Translingual
Han character
蛀 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 中戈卜土 (LIYG), four-corner 50114, composition ⿰虫主)
- insects that eat books, clothes
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1080, character 4
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32947
- Dae Jaweon: page 1548, character 22
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2845, character 2
- Unihan data for U+86C0
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 飳
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*tʰoːʔ
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| 妵
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*tʰoːʔ
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| 黈
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*tʰoːʔ
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| 蘣
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*tʰoːʔ
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| 罜
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*doːɡ, *tjos
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| 拄
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*toʔ
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| 柱
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*toʔ, *doʔ
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| 駐
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*tos
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| 註
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*tos, *tjos
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| 鉒
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*tos
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| 軴
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*tos
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| 住
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*tos, *dos
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| 跓
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*doʔ
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| 嵀
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*doʔ
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| 主
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*tjoʔ
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| 麈
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*tjoʔ
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| 宔
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*tjoʔ
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| 炷
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*tjoʔ, *tjos
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| 注
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*tjos
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| 疰
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*tjos
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| 蛀
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*tjos
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| 霔
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*tjos
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tjos) : semantic 虫 + phonetic 主 (OC *tjoʔ).
Pronunciation
Note:
- cé̤ṳ - literary;
- céu - vernacular.
Note:
- chù - literary;
- chiù - vernacular.
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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蛀
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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17627
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Phonetic
component
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主
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Rime
group
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侯
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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注
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Old
Chinese
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/*tjos/
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Definitions
蛀
- insect that eats through paper, clothes, wood, grains etc. (e.g. moth, silverfish, etc.)
- (of insects) to eat through
Synonyms
- (moth): 蠹 (dù)
- (silverfish):
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
蛀
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
蛀 • (ju) (hangeul 주, revised ju, McCune–Reischauer chu, Yale cwu)
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