| 蛀 | |||
| insects that eat books, clothes | |||
| Radical | 虫 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 5 | Total Strokes | 11 |
| Mandarin reading | zhù | Cantonese reading | zyu3 |
| Japanese on reading | shu | Japanese kun reading | kikuimushi |
| Korean reading | cwu | Vietnamese reading | chấu |
| 蛀 | |||
| insects that eat books, clothes | |||
| Radical | 虫 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 5 | Total Strokes | 11 |
| Mandarin reading | zhù | Cantonese reading | zyu3 |
| Japanese on reading | shu | Japanese kun reading | kikuimushi |
| Korean reading | cwu | Vietnamese reading | chấu |
| 蛀 | [ zhù ] termite, to bore (of insects) |
| 蛀牙 | [ zhù yá ] tooth decay, dental cavities, CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4] |
| 蛀蝕 | [ zhù shí ] to corrupt, to erode |
| 蛀蟲 | [ zhù chóng ] insect that eats into wood, books, clothes etc, fig. vermin |
| ⇒ 蟲蛀 | [ chóng zhù ] damaged by moths or worms |
| ⇒ 蠹蛀 | [ dù zhù ] to be moth-eaten, to be worm-eaten |