dù
moth
Components
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
dù
moth; insects which eat into clot; insect that eats into books, clothing etc; moth-eaten; worm-eaten
Most common words with 蠹
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
moth-eaten | ||
moth | ||
bark beetle (zoology) | ||
silverfish | ||
public enemy number one |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*tˤak-s | tuH | dù | grubs in wood, vermin |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
4607th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 24 |
Unicode | U+8839 |
Shuowen | “蠹，木中蟲，从，橐聲。螙，蠹或从木，象蟲在水中形，譚長說。” |
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