蝕 = 飠 + 虫

蝕 is a traditional Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “nibble away”. It is built from 飠 (eat) and 虫 (insects).

Keyword: nibble away
Pinyin (Mandarin): shí
Script: Traditional chinese hanzi
Also known as: откусывать
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 蝕 eclipse

Decomposition

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飠 eat
虫 insects

How to find 蝕 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “eat” + “insects”. 蝕 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 蝕 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.