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蝕
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Translingual
Han character
蝕 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 人戈中一戈 (OILMI), four-corner 85736, composition ⿰飠虫)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1089, character 10
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33264
- Dae Jaweon: page 1555, character 20
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2864, character 8
- Unihan data for U+8755
Chinese
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 蝕 |
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| Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Transcribed ancient scripts |
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Etymology 1
| trad. | 蝕 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 蚀 | |
Same word as 食 (OC *lɯɡs, *ɦljɯɡ, “to eat”) (Schuessler, 2007).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): sik6
- Hakka
- Northern Min (KCR): sĭ
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 8zeq
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: shí
- Zhuyin: ㄕˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: shíh
- Wade–Giles: shih2
- Yale: shŕ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyr
- Palladius: ши (ši)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: sik6
- Yale: sihk
- Cantonese Pinyin: sik9
- Guangdong Romanization: xig6
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɪk̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̍t / sa̍t
- Hakka Romanization System: siid / sad
- Hagfa Pinyim: sid6 / sad6
- Sinological IPA: /sɨt̚⁵/, /sat̚⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: shidˋ / shadˋ
- Sinological IPA: /ʃit²/, /ʃat²/
- (Meixian)
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: sĭ
- Sinological IPA (key): /si²⁴/
- (Jian'ou)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: si̍t
- Tâi-lô: si̍t
- Phofsit Daibuun: sit
- IPA (Xiamen): /sit̚⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /sit̚¹²¹/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /sit̚²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: se̍k
- Tâi-lô: si̍k
- Phofsit Daibuun: sek
- IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /siɪk̚⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪk̚¹²¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
Note:
- si̍h - vernacular (“to wane”);
- si̍t - vernacular;
- se̍k - literary;
- sit - “eclipse” (also written as 熄).
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: sih8 / ziah8
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: si̍h / tsia̍h
- Sinological IPA (key): /siʔ⁴/, /t͡siaʔ⁴/
Note: ziah8 - alternative pronunciation.
- Dialectal data
- Middle Chinese: zyik
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*mə-lək/
- (Zhengzhang): /*ɦljɯɡ/
Definitions
蝕
- to corrode; to erode
- (astronomy) to eclipse
- (Hokkien) to wane; to fade away; to regress; to dissipate
Compounds
- 侵蝕 / 侵蚀 (qīnshí)
- 侵蝕作用 / 侵蚀作用
- 侵蝕基準 / 侵蚀基准
- 侵蝕平原 / 侵蚀平原
- 侵蝕循環 / 侵蚀循环
- 偏蝕 / 偏蚀 (piānshí)
- 側蝕力 / 侧蚀力
- 全蝕 / 全蚀 (quánshí)
- 冰蝕 / 冰蚀
- 冰蝕湖 / 冰蚀湖
- 剝蝕 / 剥蚀 (bōshí)
- 剝蝕作用 / 剥蚀作用
- 吹蝕 / 吹蚀 (chuīshí)
- 吹蝕作用 / 吹蚀作用
- 吹蝕穴 / 吹蚀穴 (chuīshíxué)
- 啃蝕 / 啃蚀
- 土壤沖蝕 / 土壤冲蚀
- 損蝕 / 损蚀
- 日偏蝕 / 日偏蚀
- 日全蝕 / 日全蚀 (rìquánshí)
- 日環蝕 / 日环蚀
- 日蝕 / 日蚀 (rìshí)
- 月蝕 / 月蚀 (yuèshí)
- 椎心蝕骨 / 椎心蚀骨
- 水蝕 / 水蚀
- 沖蝕 / 冲蚀 (chōngshí)
- 海蝕 / 海蚀
- 浸蝕 / 浸蚀 (jìnshí)
- 海蝕崖 / 海蚀崖
- 海蝕平臺 / 海蚀平台
- 海蝕柱 / 海蚀柱
- 海蝕臺地 / 海蚀台地
- 海蝕門 / 海蚀门
- 溶蝕 / 溶蚀
- 熔蝕 / 熔蚀
- 環蝕 / 环蚀
- 磨蝕 / 磨蚀
- 空蝕 / 空蚀
- 腐蝕 / 腐蚀 (fǔshí)
- 腐蝕劑 / 腐蚀剂 (fǔshíjì)
- 虧蝕 / 亏蚀 (kuīshí)
- 蛀蝕 / 蛀蚀
- 蝕刻 / 蚀刻 (shíkè)
- 蝕剝 / 蚀剥
- 蝕損 / 蚀损
- 蝕既 / 蚀既
- 蝕本 / 蚀本 (shíběn)
- 蝕泐 / 蚀泐
- 蝕甚 / 蚀甚
- 蝕相 / 蚀相
- 蝕船蟲 / 蚀船虫
- 衛星日蝕 / 卫星日蚀
- 銷蝕 / 销蚀 (xiāoshí)
- 防蝕劑 / 防蚀剂
- 風蝕 / 风蚀 (fēngshí)
Etymology 2
| trad. | 蝕 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 蚀 | |
| alternative forms | 𧵳／䞌 Cantonese | |
From 折.
Pronunciation
- Cantonese (Jyutping): sit6
- Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): sad6
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 8zeq
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: sit6
- Yale: siht
- Cantonese Pinyin: sit9
- Guangdong Romanization: xid6
- Sinological IPA (key): /siːt̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- Southern Min
- Wu
Definitions
蝕
- (Cantonese, Hakka, Southern Min, Wu) to lose money
- (Cantonese) to have struck a bad bargain; to be at a disadvantage; to lose out
- (Cantonese) to wear due to constant friction
Compounds
References
- “蝕”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database), 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
Japanese
Kanji
蝕
Readings
Usage notes
In modern Japanese, 蝕 is mostly replaced by 食, due to the deprecation of non-tōyō kanji caused by the Japanese script reform.
Compounds
- 皆既蝕 (kaikishoku, “total eclipse”)
- 月蝕 (gesshoku, “lunar eclipse”)
- 蝕甚 (shokujin, “maximum eclipse”)
- 侵蝕 (shinshoku, “erosion, corrosion”)
- 浸蝕 (shinshoku, “erosion, corrosion (by water)”)
- 日蝕 (nisshoku, “solar eclipse”)
- 腐蝕 (fushoku, “corrosion”)
Etymology
| Kanji in this term |
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| 蝕 |
| しょく Hyōgai |
| kan'on |
Noun
Korean
Hanja
蝕 • (sik) (hangeul 식, revised sik, McCune–Reischauer sik, Yale sik)
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Vietnamese
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