蝕
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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
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:
- 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 Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̍t / sa̍t
- Hakka Romanization System: siid / sad
- Hagfa Pinyim: sid6 / sad6
- Sinological IPA: /sɨt̚⁵/, /sat̚⁵/
- (Meixian)
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- 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
| Variety | Location | 蝕 |
|---|---|---|
| Mandarin | Beijing | /ʂʐ̩³⁵/ |
| Harbin | /ʂʐ̩²⁴/ | |
| Tianjin | /ʂʐ̩⁴⁵/ | |
| Jinan | /ʂʐ̩⁴²/ | |
| Qingdao | /ʃz̩⁵⁵/ | |
| Zhengzhou | /ʂʐ̩⁴²/ | |
| Xi'an | /ʂʐ̩²⁴/ | |
| Xining | /ʂʐ̩²⁴/ | |
| Yinchuan | /ʂʐ̩¹³/ | |
| Lanzhou | /ʂʐ̩⁵³/ | |
| Ürümqi | /ʂʐ̩⁵¹/ | |
| Wuhan | /sz̩²¹³/ | |
| Chengdu | /sz̩³¹/ /se³¹/ | |
| Guiyang | /sz̩²¹/ | |
| Kunming | /ʂʐ̩³¹/ | |
| Nanjing | /ʂʐ̩ʔ⁵/ | |
| Hefei | /ʂəʔ⁵/ | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /səʔ⁵⁴/ |
| Pingyao | /ʂʌʔ⁵³/ | |
| Hohhot | /səʔ⁴³/ | |
| Wu | Shanghai | /zəʔ¹/ |
| Suzhou | /zəʔ³/ | |
| Hangzhou | /zəʔ²/ | |
| Wenzhou | /zei²¹³/ | |
| Hui | Shexian | /ɕi²²/ |
| Tunxi | /ɕi⁵/ | |
| Xiang | Changsha | /ʂʐ̩²⁴/ |
| Xiangtan | /ʂʐ̩²⁴/ | |
| Gan | Nanchang | /sɨʔ⁵/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /sat̚⁵/ |
| Taoyuan | /ʃït̚⁵⁵/ | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /sek̚²/ |
| Nanning | /sek̚²²/ | |
| Hong Kong | /sek̚²/ | |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /sik̚⁵/ /sit̚⁵/ 腐～ /siʔ⁵/ 消～ |
| Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /sɛiʔ²³/ | |
| Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /si²⁴/ | |
| Shantou (Teochew) | /siʔ⁵/ | |
| Haikou (Hainanese) | /t͡sia³³/ 日～ /ti³³/ 消～ |
- 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
- 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 |
|---|
| 蝕 |
| しょく Hyōgaiji |
| 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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