耐蚀
nài​shí

corrosion-resistant

耐 nài endure

Original meaning: make the head bald as punishment

Pictograph of a beard (而) being removed from the face by a hand (寸). Based on the original meaning "make the head bald as punishment", now written as 髡. The meaning later shifted to "tolerate" and "endure".

Components

而
而 SoundIconic component
ér and

Depicts a beard.

Change in sound
寸
寸 Iconic component
cùn, cun (hand), inch

Depicts a hand.


Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartnojHnˤə-s endure

說文解字

《說文》：“耏，罪不至髡也。从而，从彡。耐，或从寸。諸法度字从寸。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

蚀 shí nibble away Simplified

An insect 虫 bite 饣; 饣 also provides the pronunciation

Components

饣
饣 SoundMeaning component
shí eat
虫
虫 Meaning component
chóng bug, insect

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

蝕 shí nibble away Traditional

An insect 虫 bite 飠; 飠 also provides the pronunciation

Components

飠
飠 SoundMeaning component
eat
虫
虫 Meaning component
chóng bug, insect

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartzyikmə-lək(eat:) eclipse
Zhengzhangɦljɯɡ
Unicodejhiək

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica