1. 蠹

蠹

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  1. 蠹 is the 4586th most frequent character.
  2. 蠹 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 蠹 appears as a character in 2 words.
  4. 蠹 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
蠹 => No glyph available, 䖵
Radical :
蠹 => 十 (ten), 口 (mouth), 丨 (line), 冖 (cover), 石 (stone), 䖵 (N/A)
Graphical :
蠹 => 一, 丨, 口, 丨, 冖, 一, 丿, 口, 䖵

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. du4 - insect that eats into books, clothing etc/moth-eaten/worm-eaten

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 蠹 (du4): The component 丨 is pronounced as 'shu4'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 蠹 (du4): The component 石 is pronounced as 'dan4'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

户枢不蠹 (戶樞不蠹)

Medium Frequency

蠹鱼 (蠹魚)
Decomposition Levels:
Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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