蚀 — Chinese character
蚀
shí
to nibble at, to erode; an eclipse
- Pinyin
- shí
- Radical
- 142 ⾍ (Insect)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 饣 虫
- Formation
- ideographic — An insect 虫 bite 饣; 饣 also provides the pronunciation
- Traditional
- 蝕
Common words with 蚀
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 侵蚀 (侵蝕) | qīn shí | to erode; to corrode |
| 腐蚀 (腐蝕) | fǔ shí | corrosion; to corrode (degrade chemically) |
| 腐蚀性 (腐蝕性) | fǔ shí xìng | (lit. and fig.) corrosive; corrosiveness |
| 锈蚀 (鏽蝕) | xiù shí | to rust away |
| 耐腐蚀 (耐腐蝕) | nài fǔ shí | proof against corrosion |
| 日蚀 (日蝕) | rì shí | variant of 日食 (rì shí) |
| 海蚀 (海蝕) | hǎi shí | coastal erosion; marine abrasion |
| 蚀刻 (蝕刻) | shí kè | to etch; engraving |
| 月蚀 (月蝕) | yuè shí | variant of 月食 (yuè shí) |
| 风蚀 (風蝕) | fēng shí | wind erosion |
| 剥蚀 (剝蝕) | bō shí | to corrode; to expose by corrosion (geology) |
| 磨蚀 (磨蝕) | mó shí | erosion; abrasion |
English words written with 蚀
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.