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蝕 = 食 + 虫
蝕 is a Japanese kanji written with 14 strokes, listed here under the keyword “eclipse”. It is built from 食 (eat) and 虫 (insect). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2816.
- Keyword
- eclipse
- RTK frame
- 2816
- Strokes
- 14
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ショク
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- むしば.む
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- затмение
- Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
- 蝕 nibble away
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 蝕 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “eat” + “insect”. 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.