Read Edit View history Discussion 蝕 shí nibble away Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint An insect 虫 bite 飠; 飠 also provides the pronunciation Pinyin Separate values with commas shí × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 蚀 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 蝕 Simp strokes 蝕 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 蝕 Simp strokes 蝕 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 蝕 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 300, 791 ], [ 327, 760 ], [ 306, 693 ], [ 263, 603 ], [ 203, 505 ], [ 148, 437 ], [ 51, 350 ] ], [ [ 359, 723 ], [ 372, 725 ], [ 432, 692 ], [ 462, 656 ] 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386 283 384 296 358 310 Q 358 311 357 311 Q 342 317 317 307 Q 280 292 249 282 C 220 273 219 254 249 252 Z", "M 346 182 Q 315 166 266 137 Q 257 133 254 135 Q 248 138 249 153 Q 249 208 249 252 L 249 282 Q 249 319 250 346 L 251 379 Q 251 424 254 438 C 256 458 256 458 239 466 Q 229 473 207 478 C 178 486 167 474 181 448 Q 194 427 202 398 Q 208 373 209 275 Q 209 196 195 151 Q 188 117 155 78 Q 145 66 151 46 Q 160 19 174 7 Q 186 -2 198 13 Q 238 65 357 164 C 380 183 373 196 346 182 Z", "M 357 164 Q 379 119 397 114 Q 406 111 413 121 Q 420 131 421 159 Q 422 178 399 200 Q 342 242 328 243 Q 324 240 321 229 Q 321 225 346 182 L 357 164 Z", "M 545 474 Q 535 481 500 483 Q 488 486 485 481 Q 479 474 488 459 Q 519 404 541 312 Q 545 284 563 267 Q 582 245 587 262 L 589 276 L 586 312 Q 570 360 559 440 C 555 469 555 469 545 474 Z", "M 830 346 Q 866 440 901 463 Q 920 482 904 502 Q 825 562 769 535 Q 730 520 696 508 L 647 495 Q 598 483 545 474 C 515 469 530 433 559 440 Q 568 441 580 446 Q 614 455 648 461 L 696 472 Q 790 496 802 486 Q 812 476 808 455 Q 795 404 779 361 C 769 333 819 318 830 346 Z", "M 694 297 Q 751 309 833 319 Q 843 320 845 330 Q 845 336 830 346 C 806 364 803 365 779 361 Q 757 358 694 337 L 648 326 Q 615 319 586 312 C 557 305 559 275 589 276 Q 595 276 603 277 Q 621 283 648 288 L 694 297 Z", "M 691 171 Q 692 235 694 297 L 694 337 Q 695 406 696 472 L 696 508 Q 699 640 717 722 Q 720 737 698 754 Q 658 773 630 778 Q 611 781 602 771 Q 593 762 604 745 Q 640 694 640 659 Q 644 580 647 495 L 648 461 Q 649 395 648 326 L 648 288 Q 647 227 645 162 C 644 132 690 141 691 171 Z", "M 824 199 Q 758 186 691 171 L 645 162 Q 587 152 527 140 Q 505 136 468 140 Q 453 140 450 128 Q 446 115 456 104 Q 480 83 514 59 Q 526 55 540 63 Q 582 88 798 159 Q 819 166 838 175 C 865 187 853 205 824 199 Z", "M 838 175 Q 896 70 904 66 Q 911 62 921 70 Q 937 80 936 124 Q 937 163 876 214 Q 837 245 814 260 Q 807 267 802 256 Q 798 243 824 199 L 838 175 Z" ] } 14 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source 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