蠹 — Chinese character
蠹
dù
moth, bookworm; moth-eaten, worm-eaten
- Pinyin
- dù
- Radical
- 142 ⾍ (Insect)
- Strokes
- 24
- Components
- 橐 虫 虫
- Formation
- pictophonetic — insect; meaning component 虫; sound component 橐
- Japanese
- 蠹 as a kanji
Common words with 蠹
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蠹虫 (蠹蟲) | dù chóng | moth; harmful person |
| 蠹鱼 (蠹魚) | dù yú | silverfish; 只 (zhī) |
| 国蠹 (國蠹) | guó dù | traitor; public enemy |
| 小蠹 | xiǎo dù | bark beetle (zoology) |
| 巨蠹 | jù dù | public enemy number one |
| 户枢不蠹 (戶樞不蠹) | hù shū bù dù | lit. a door hinge never becomes worm-eaten; constant activity prevents decay (idiom) |
| 书蠹 (書蠹) | shū dù | bookworm (literal and figurative); book louse |
| 木蠹蛾 | mù dù é | wood moth; carpenter moth |
| 朽蠹 | xiǔ dù | to decay and be eaten by worms etc; to overhoard grain so that it rots |
| 淄蠹 | zī dù | to be worn out |
| 禄蠹 (祿蠹) | lù dù | sinecurist |
| 苹果蠹蛾 (蘋果蠹蛾) | píng guǒ dù é | codling moth (Cydia pomonella) |
蠹 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Zhuangzi 1
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