蝕

See also: 蚀 and 触

蝕 U+8755, 蝕 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8755 ← 蝔 [U+8754] CJK Unified Ideographs 蝖 → [U+8756]

Translingual

Han character

蝕 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 人戈中一戈 (OILMI), four-corner 8573₆, composition ⿰飠虫)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1089, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33264
• Dae Jaweon: page 1555, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2864, character 8
• Unihan data for U+8755

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (食) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
飤	*ljɯɡs
食	*lɯɡs, *ɦljɯɡ
蝕	*ɦljɯɡ
飾	*hljɯɡ
飭	*l̥ʰɯɡ

Etymology 1

trad.		蝕
simp.		蚀

Same word as 食 (OC *lɯɡs, *ɦljɯɡ, “to eat”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shí (shi²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sik⁶
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): sṳ̍t / sa̍t

  (Meixian, Guangdong): sed⁶ / sad⁶

• Northern Min (KCR): sĭ
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): si̍h / si̍t / se̍k / sit

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sih⁸ / ziah⁸

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁸zeq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shí
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shíh
    • Wade–Giles: shih²
    • Yale: shŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyr
    • Palladius: ши (ši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: sik⁶
    • Yale: sihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̍t / sa̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: siid / sad
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sid⁶ / sad⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨt̚⁵/, /sat̚⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: sed⁶ / sad⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /sət̚⁵/, /sat̚⁵/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: sĭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /si²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: si̍h
    • Tâi-lô: si̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sih
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /siʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siʔ¹²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siʔ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: si̍t
    • Tâi-lô: si̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sit
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sit̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sit̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sit̚²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: se̍k
    • Tâi-lô: si̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sek
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /siɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪk̚¹²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sit
    • Tâi-lô: sit
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sid
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sit̚⁵/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /sit̚³²/

Note:

• si̍h - vernacular (“to wane”);
• si̍t - vernacular;
• se̍k - literary;
• sit - “eclipse” (also written as 熄).

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: sih⁸ / ziah⁸
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: si̍h / tsia̍h
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siʔ⁴/, /t͡siaʔ⁴/

Note: ziah8 - alternative pronunciation.

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁸zeq
    • MiniDict: zeh^入
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵zeq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zəʔ¹²/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 蝕
Mandarin	Beijing	/ʂʐ̩³⁵/
	Harbin	/ʂʐ̩²⁴/
	Tianjin	/ʂʐ̩⁴⁵/
	Jinan	/ʂʐ̩⁴²/
	Qingdao	/ʃz̩⁵⁵/
	Zhengzhou	/ʂʐ̩⁴²/
	Xi'an	/ʂʐ̩²⁴/
	Xining	/ʂʐ̩²⁴/
	Yinchuan	/ʂʐ̩¹³/
	Lanzhou	/ʂʐ̩⁵³/
	Ürümqi	/ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/sz̩²¹³/
	Chengdu	/sz̩³¹/ /se³¹/
	Guiyang	/sz̩²¹/
	Kunming	/ʂʐ̩³¹/
	Nanjing	/ʂʐ̩ʔ⁵/
	Hefei	/ʂəʔ⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/səʔ⁵⁴/
	Pingyao	/ʂʌʔ⁵³/
	Hohhot	/səʔ⁴³/
Wu	Shanghai	/zəʔ¹/
	Suzhou	/zəʔ³/
	Hangzhou	/zəʔ²/
	Wenzhou	/zei²¹³/
Hui	Shexian	/ɕi²²/
	Tunxi	/ɕi⁵/
Xiang	Changsha	/ʂʐ̩²⁴/
	Xiangtan	/ʂʐ̩²⁴/
Gan	Nanchang	/sɨʔ⁵/
Hakka	Meixian	/sat̚⁵/
	Taoyuan	/ʃït̚⁵⁵/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/sek̚²/
	Nanning	/sek̚²²/
	Hong Kong	/sek̚²/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/sik̚⁵/ /sit̚⁵/ 腐～ /siʔ⁵/ 消～
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/sɛiʔ²³/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/si²⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/siʔ⁵/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/t͡sia³³/ 日～ /ti³³/ 消～

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• Middle Chinese: zyik

Rime
Character	蝕
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	船 (27)
Final (韻)	職 (134)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	乗力切
Baxter	zyik
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʑɨk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʑɨk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ʑiek̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʑik̚/
Li Rong	/d͡ʑiək̚/
Wang Li	/d͡ʑĭək̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/d͡ʑʰi̯ək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sik6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*mə-lək/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɦljɯɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	蝕
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shí
Middle Chinese	‹ zyik ›
Old Chinese	/*mə-lək/
English	(eat:) eclipse
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	蝕
Reading #	1/1
No.	11478
Phonetic component	食
Rime group	職
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*ɦljɯɡ/

Definitions

蝕

1. to corrode; to erode
2. (astronomy) to eclipse
3. (Hokkien) to wane; to fade away; to regress; to dissipate

Compounds

• 侵蝕／侵蚀 (qīnshí)
• 侵蝕作用／侵蚀作用
• 侵蝕基準／侵蚀基准
• 侵蝕平原／侵蚀平原
• 侵蝕循環／侵蚀循环
• 偏蝕／偏蚀 (piānshí)
• 側蝕力／侧蚀力
• 全蝕／全蚀 (quánshí)
• 冰蝕／冰蚀
• 冰蝕湖／冰蚀湖
• 剝蝕／剥蚀 (bōshí)
• 剝蝕作用／剥蚀作用
• 吹蝕／吹蚀 (chuīshí)
• 吹蝕作用／吹蚀作用
• 吹蝕穴／吹蚀穴 (chuīshíxué)
• 啃蝕／啃蚀
• 土壤沖蝕／土壤冲蚀
• 損蝕／损蚀
• 日偏蝕／日偏蚀
• 日全蝕／日全蚀 (rìquánshí)
• 日環蝕／日环蚀
• 日蝕／日蚀 (rìshí)
• 月蝕／月蚀 (yuèshí)
• 椎心蝕骨／椎心蚀骨
• 水蝕／水蚀
• 沖蝕／冲蚀 (chōngshí)
• 海蝕／海蚀
• 浸蝕／浸蚀 (jìnshí)
• 海蝕崖／海蚀崖
• 海蝕平臺／海蚀平台
• 海蝕柱／海蚀柱
• 海蝕臺地／海蚀台地
• 海蝕門／海蚀门
• 溶蝕／溶蚀
• 熔蝕／熔蚀
• 環蝕／环蚀
• 磨蝕／磨蚀
• 空蝕／空蚀
• 腐蝕／腐蚀 (fǔshí)
• 腐蝕劑／腐蚀剂 (fǔshíjì)
• 虧蝕／亏蚀 (kuīshí)
• 蛀蝕／蛀蚀
• 蝕刻／蚀刻
• 蝕剝／蚀剥
• 蝕損／蚀损
• 蝕既／蚀既
• 蝕本／蚀本 (shíběn)
• 蝕泐／蚀泐
• 蝕甚／蚀甚
• 蝕相／蚀相
• 蝕船蟲／蚀船虫
• 衛星日蝕／卫星日蚀
• 銷蝕／销蚀 (xiāoshí)
• 防蝕劑／防蚀剂
• 風蝕／风蚀 (fēngshí)

 

Etymology 2

trad.		蝕
simp.		蚀
alternative forms		𧵳／䞌 Cantonese

From 折.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sit⁶
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): sad⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): si̍h

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sih⁸

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁸zeq

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: sit⁶
    • Yale: siht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sit⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xid⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːt̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: sad⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /sat̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: si̍h
    • Tâi-lô: si̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sih
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siʔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siʔ¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siʔ⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sih⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: si̍h
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siʔ⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁸zeq
    • MiniDict: zeh^入
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵zeq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zəʔ¹²/

Definitions

蝕

1. (Cantonese, Hakka, Southern Min, Wu) to lose money

   佢五年前做生意蝕咗廿幾萬。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   佢五年前做生意蚀咗廿几万。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   keoi⁵ ng⁵ nin⁴ cin⁴ zou⁶ saang¹ ji³ sit⁶ zo² jaa⁶ gei² maan⁶. [Jyutping]

   He lost some twenty-odd thousand doing business five years ago.

2. (Cantonese) to have struck a bad bargain; to be at a disadvantage; to lose out
3. (Cantonese) to wear due to constant friction

   鞋底已經蝕晒。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   鞋底已经蚀晒。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   haai⁴ dai² ji⁵ ging¹ sit⁶ saai³. [Jyutping]

   The sole of the shoe has already worn out.

Compounds

• 偷雞唔到蝕揸米／偷鸡唔到蚀揸米
• 虧蝕／亏蚀 (kuīshí)
• 蝕到入肉／蚀到入肉
• 蝕底／蚀底
• 蝕本／蚀本 (shíběn)
• 蝕水／蚀水
• 蝕綽／蚀绰
• 蝕錢／蚀钱
• 輸蝕／输蚀

 

References

• “蝕”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

蝕

Kanji

蝕

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: じき (jiki)
• Kan-on: しょく (shoku)
• Kun: むしばむ (mushibamu, 蝕む)

Usage notes

In modern Japanese, 蝕 is mostly replaced by 食, due to the deprecation of non-tōyō kanji caused by the Japanese script reform.

Japanese terms with 蝕 replaced by daiyōji 食

月食

食する

侵食

浸食

日食

溶食

Compounds

• 皆(かい)既(き)蝕(しょく) (kaikishoku, “total eclipse”)
• 月(げっ)蝕(しょく) (gesshoku, “lunar eclipse”)
• 蝕(しょく)甚(じん) (shokujin, “maximum eclipse”)
• 侵(しん)蝕(しょく) (shinshoku, “erosion, corrosion”)
• 浸(しん)蝕(しょく) (shinshoku, “erosion, corrosion (by water)”)
• 日(にっ)蝕(しょく) (nisshoku, “solar eclipse”)
• 腐(ふ)蝕(しょく) (fushoku, “corrosion”)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
蝕
しょく Hyōgai
kan'on

Noun

蝕(しょく) • (shoku) 

1. eclipse; erosion, corrosion

Korean

Hanja

蝕 • (sik) (hangeul 식, revised sik, McCune–Reischauer sik, Yale sik)

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Vietnamese

Han character

蝕: Hán Nôm readings: thực

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