蠹

Information about character(s)

Radical: 虫
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 18
Total Strokes: 24
Variants: 蠧

Pronunciation

Pinyin: dù
Cantonese: dou3
JapaneseKun: KIKUIMUSHI SHIMI
JapaneseOn: TO TSU
Korean: TWU

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: moth; insects which eat into clot

CE-Dict: insect that eats into books, clothing etc/moth-eaten/worm-eaten

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.worms that eat into books or clothing
2.grubs in wood
3.worm-eaten

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: moth
【醫】 moth

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: moth

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《䖵部》蠹木中蟲。从䖵橐聲。

康熙字典文字版 【申集中】【虫字部】蠹
〔古文〕螙【唐韻】【集韻】當故切【韻會】【正韻】都故切，𠀤音妒。【說文】木中蟲也。【莊子·人閒世】以爲門戸則液樠，以爲柱則蠹，是不材之木也。【註】蟲在木中謂之蠹。　又【前漢·南粵傳】桂蠹一器。　又【續博物志】積穀則生蠹。　又蠹書。【穆天子傳】天子東遊，次雀梁，蠹書于羽陵。【註】暴書中蠹蟲，使不藏匿也。【徐陵·玉臺新詠序】辟惡生香，聊防羽陵之蠹。　又【爾雅·釋蟲】蜭，毛蠹。【註】卽蛓也。　【說文】作蠹，省作螙，象䖵在木中形。【集韻】亦作𧔬。【韻會】別作蠧，非。
考證：〔【穆天子傳】天子東遜。〕　謹照原文遜改遊。

CF-Dict: vers dans les bois, dans les livres