蠹蛀
dù​zhù

moth-eaten

蠹 dù moth

Components

橐
橐 Sound component
tuó, dù, luò a sack
虫
虫 Meaning component
chóng bug, insect

insect

虫
虫 Meaning component
chóng bug, insect

insect

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttuHtˤak-sgrubs in wood, vermin
Zhengzhangtaːɡs

說文解字

木中蟲。从䖵橐聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

蛀 zhù insects that eat books

Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 主 represents the sound.

Components

虫
虫 Meaning component
chóng bug, insect
主
主 Sound component
zhǔ master

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangtjos

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang