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蠹

See also: 蠧 and 螙
蠹 U+8839, 蠹
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8839
← 蠸
[U+8838]		CJK Unified Ideographs蠺 →
[U+883A]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

蠹 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+18, 24 strokes, cangjie input 十月一口戈 (JBMRI), four-corner 40136, composition ⿳⿱𰀉冖石䖵)

  1. moth
  2. insects which eat into cloth

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1104, character 5
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33896
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1567, character 5
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2908, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+8839

Chinese edit

simp. and trad.
蠹
2nd round simp.𫊥
alternative forms蠧

Glyph origin edit

Historical forms of the character 蠹
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (石) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
柘*tjaɡs
妬*taːɡs
蠹*taːɡs
沰*taːɡ, *tʰaːɡ
拓*tʰaːɡ, *tjaɡ
橐*tʰaːɡ
袥*tʰaːɡ
驝*tʰaːɡ, *raːɡ
斫*tjaɡ
磭*ŋrɯnʔ, *ŋ̊ʰjaɡ, *ŋaɡ
磔*rtaːɡ
跖*tjaɡ
石*djaɡ
碩*djaɡ
祏*djaɡ
鉐*djaɡ
鼫*djaɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *taːɡs) : phonetic 橐 (OC *tʰaːɡ) + semantic 䖵 (“insect”)

Pronunciation edit

Rime
Character蠹
Reading #1/1
Initial (聲)端 (5)
Final (韻)模 (23)
Tone (調)Departing (H)
Openness (開合)Open
Division (等)I
Fanqie當故切
BaxtertuH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		/tuoH/
Pan
Wuyun		/tuoH/
Shao
Rongfen		/toH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		/tɔH/
Li
Rong		/toH/
Wang
Li		/tuH/
Bernard
Karlgren		/tuoH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		dù
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		dou3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character蠹
Reading #1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		dù
Middle
Chinese		‹ tuH ›
Old
Chinese		/*tˁak-s/
Englishgrubs in wood, vermin

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character蠹
Reading #1/1
No.11456
Phonetic
component		石
Rime
group		暮
Rime
subdivision		0
Corresponding
MC rime		妒
Old
Chinese		/*taːɡs/

Definitions edit

蠹

  1. insect that eats through paper, clothes, wood, etc.
    1. (specifically) silverfish
  2. (figuratively) harmful person; vermin
  3. to erode; to eat away at
  4. moth-eaten; worm-eaten

Synonyms edit

  • (silverfish):

Compounds edit

  • 國蠹／国蠹
  • 巨蠹
  • 戶樞不蠹／户枢不蠹 (hùshūbùdù)
  • 書蠹／书蠹
  • 朽蠹
  • 桂蠹
  • 民蠹
  • 狡蠹
  • 祛蠹除奸
  • 祿蠹／禄蠹 (lùdù)
  • 積蠹／积蠹
  • 蠹國／蠹国
  • 蠹國害民／蠹国害民
  • 蠹國殃民／蠹国殃民
  • 蠹害
  • 蠹居棋處／蠹居棋处
  • 蠹政
  • 蠹書蟲／蠹书虫
  • 蠹簡／蠹简
  • 蠹蟲／蠹虫 (dùchóng)
  • 蠹魚／蠹鱼 (dùyú)
  • 衙蠹
  • 貪官蠹役／贪官蠹役
  • 鯗蠹／鲞蠹
  • 齒蠹／齿蠹 (chǐdù)
  • 齲蠹／龋蠹 (qǔdù)

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

蠹

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings edit

  • On (unclassified): と (to); つ (tsu)
  • Kun: きくいむし (kikuimushi); しみ (shimi)

Korean edit

Hanja edit

蠹 • (du) (hangeul 두, revised du, McCune–Reischauer tu, Yale twu)

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