蠹

蠹 · dù

moth; insects which eat into cloth

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
dù
Cantonese
dou3
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

moth; insects which eat into cloth

Dictionary definitions & readings

蠹 dù · insect that eats into books, clothing etc; moth-eaten; worm-eaten

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
42908.090:dù Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0269.060:dù Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
081.160:dù Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
dù粵dou3 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ト ツ きくいむし Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
두:1N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
當故 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
JBMRI Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
4013.6 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1104.050 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
368.17 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0795r Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+8839
Radical
虫 · 142
Strokes
24
Residual strokes
18
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6487

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

24 strokes
蠹
Strokes
24
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

24 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
tuH · 當故 · 遇開一去模端 · #2345

PHONO-ML, source line 13439; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
1202.302
kCowles
4206
kDaeJaweon
1567.050
kGSR
0795r
kHanYu
42908.090
kIRGDaeJaweon
1567.050
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
42908.090
kIRGKangXi
1104.050
kKangXi
1104.050
kMeyerWempe
3144
kMorohashi
33896
kNelson
4202
kSBGY
368.17
kSMSZD2003Index
624.05
kCangjie
JBMRI
kFourCornerCode
4013.6
kHKGlyph
3666
kMojiJoho
MJ023838
kPhonetic
1376
kUnihanCore2020
GHJMT
kIICore
AGTH
kIRG_GSource
G0-733C
kIRG_HSource
HB1-C5FB
kIRG_JSource
J0-6A45
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-7314
kIRG_KSource
K1-5D66
kIRG_TSource
T1-7C67
kRSUnicode
142.18
kTotalStrokes
24
kBigFive
C5FB
kCCCII
215740
kCNS1986
1-7C67
kCNS1992
1-7C67
kEACC
215740
kGB0
8328
kGB1
8328
kJis0
7437
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
5871
kTGH
2013:6487
kTaiwanTelegraph
5871
kXerox
265:251
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+6570+142.6.18
kCantonese
dou3
kDefinition
moth; insects which eat into cloth
kFanqie
當故
kHangul
두:1N
kHanyuPinyin
42908.090:dù
kJapanese
ト ツ きくいむし
kJapaneseKun
KIKUIMUSHI SHIMI
kJapaneseOn
TO TSU
kKorean
TWU
kMandarin
dù
kSMSZD2003Readings
dù粵dou3
kTGHZ2013
081.160:dù
kXHC1983
0269.060:dù

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
24dictionary records using 蠹0forms using this shape0attributed sound links

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱{38}𬒣$(GHTJKP) · preserved, not fully parsed

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