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蚀
蝕
shí
1. to nibble away at sth
2. to eat into
3. to erode
Common • Top 8%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

蚀
shí
to nibble at, to erode; an eclipse
HSK 6 9 丶

Compound Words (20)

侵蚀
qīnshí
to erode
偏蚀
piānshí
partial eclipse
全蚀
quánshí
total eclipse
冰蚀
bīngshí
glaciated
剥蚀
bōshí
to corrode
日蚀
rìshí
variant of [[日食<rìshí>]]
月蚀
yuèshí
variant of [[月食<yuèshí>]]
冲蚀
chōngshí
to erode
浪蚀
làngshí
wave erosion
海蚀
hǎishí
coastal erosion
消蚀
xiāoshí
erosion
溶蚀
róngshí
dissolving
磨蚀
móshí
erosion
耐蚀
nàishí
to resist corrosion
腐蚀
fǔshí
corrosion
HSK 6
蛀蚀
zhùshí
to corrupt
蚀刻
shíkè
to etch
锈蚀
xiùshí
corrosion
雨蚀
yǔshí
rain erosion
风蚀
fēngshí
wind erosion

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
2,624
Word Frequency Rank
7,026 of 84,292

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