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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
Liushutong (compiled in Ming )
Transcribed ancient scripts
Old Chinese
飤
*ljɯɡs
食
*lɯɡs, *ɦljɯɡ
蝕
*ɦljɯɡ
飾
*hljɯɡ
飭
*l̥ʰɯɡ
Etymology 1
Same word as 食 (OC *lɯɡs, *ɦljɯɡ , “to eat”) (Schuessler, 2007 ).
Pronunciation
Mandarin
Cantonese
Hakka
Northern Min
Southern Min
(Hokkien : Xiamen , Quanzhou , Zhangzhou , General Taiwanese )
(Hokkien : Xiamen , Quanzhou , Zhangzhou )
(Hokkien : Xiamen , Zhangzhou , General Taiwanese )
(Hokkien : Xiamen , Quanzhou , Zhangzhou , General Taiwanese )
Note :
si̍h - vernacular (“to wane”);
si̍t - vernacular;
se̍k - literary;
sit - “eclipse” (also written as 熄 ).
Note : ziah8 - alternative pronunciation.
Baxter –Sagart system 1.1 (2014 )
Character
蝕
Reading #
1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
shí
Middle Chinese
‹ zyik ›
Old Chinese
/*mə-lək/
English
(eat:) eclipse
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
蝕
Reading #
1/1
No.
11478
Phonetic component
食
Rime group
職
Rime subdivision
0
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese
/*ɦljɯɡ/
Definitions
蝕
to corrode ; to erode
( astronomy ) to eclipse
( Hokkien ) to wane ; to fade away ; to regress ; to dissipate
Compounds
Etymology 2
From 折 .
Pronunciation
Definitions
蝕
( Cantonese , Hakka , Southern Min , Wu ) to lose money
佢 五 年 前 做 生意 蝕 咗 廿 幾 萬 。 [Cantonese , trad. ] 佢 五 年 前 做 生意 蚀 咗 廿 几 万 。 [Cantonese , simp. ] keoi5 ng5 nin4 cin4 zou6 saang1 ji3 sit6 zo2 jaa6 gei2 maan6 . He lost some twenty-odd thousand doing business five years ago.
( Cantonese ) to have struck a bad bargain ; to be at a disadvantage ; to lose out
( Cantonese ) to wear due to constant friction
鞋底 已經 蝕 晒 。 [Cantonese , trad. ] 鞋底 已经 蚀 晒 。 [Cantonese , simp. ] haai4 dai2 ji5 ging1 sit6 saai3 . The sole of the shoe has already worn out .
Compounds
References
Japanese
蝕
Kanji
蝕
(Hyōgai kanji )
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
Etymology
Noun
蝕( しょく ) • (shoku )
eclipse ; erosion , corrosion
Korean
Hanja
蝕 • (sik ) (hangeul 식 , revised sik, McCune–Reischauer sik, Yale sik)
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Vietnamese
Han character
蝕 : Hán Nôm readings: thực
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