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

蠹 character breakdown

Character component without intrinsic meaning

Characters with 蠹 as component

蠹 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 蠹

traitor / public enemy
bark beetle (zoology)
public enemy number one
lit. a door hinge never becomes worm-eaten / constant activity prevents decay (idiom)
bookworm (literal and figurative) / book louse / pedant
wood moth / carpenter moth / CL:隻|只[zhi1]
wood moth / carpenter moth / CL:隻|只[zhi1]
to decay and be eaten by worms etc / to overhoard grain so that it rots

Sentences with 蠹

蠹 currently does not appear in any sentence.