【蠹】Chinese Character Details

| Pinyin | dù |
|---|---|
| Zhuyin | ㄉㄨˋ |
| Radical | 虫 |
| Strokes | 24 |
| HSK | - |
| TOCFL | - |
| Unicode | u+8839 |
Stroke Order Diagram
Meanings
dù
(1) 蛀食器物的一種蟲子。[例]蠹蟲、書蠹
(2) 蛀爛、腐蝕。[例]流水不腐,戶樞不蠹。(《呂氏春秋.季春紀.季春》)
(3) 比喻從中破壞或侵耗財物的人。[例]民之蠹。(《商君書.修權》)
Meanings
dù
1.
姓氏
a surname
【Examples】
◎ 蠹克
◎ Du Ke
2.
蛀
moth-eaten;worm-eaten
【Examples】
◎ 流水不腐,户枢不蠹。
◎ Running water is never stale and a door-hinge never gets worm-eaten.
Vocabulary
