蛀 — Chinese character
蛀
zhù
termite, bookworm; to bore, to eat into
- Pinyin
- zhù
- Radical
- 142 ⾍ (Insect)
- Strokes
- 11
- Components
- 虫 主
- Formation
- pictophonetic — insect; meaning component 虫; sound component 主
Common words with 蛀
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蛀虫 (蛀蟲) | zhù chóng | insect that eats into wood, books, clothes etc; fig. vermin |
| 蛀牙 | zhù yá | tooth decay; dental caries; decayed tooth; rotten tooth |
| 虫蛀 (蟲蛀) | chóng zhù | damaged by moths or worms |
| 蛀蚀 (蛀蝕) | zhù shí | to corrupt; to erode |
| 蠹蛀 | dù zhù | to be moth-eaten; to be worm-eaten |
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.
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