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蠹

dù

Character

What 蠹 means

1. insect that eats into books, clothing etc
2. moth-eaten
3. worm-eaten

Words starting with 蠹

• 蠹吏dù lìcorrupt officials
• 蠹害dù hàito harm; to endanger
• 蠹弊dù bìmalpractice; abuse; corrupt practice
• 蠹政dù zhèngparasitic government
• 蠹简dù jiǎnold worm-eaten books
• 蠹蛀dù zhùto be moth-eaten; to be worm-eaten
• 蠹虫dù chóngmoth; harmful person; vermin
• 蠹鱼dù yúsilverfish
• 蠹鱼子dù yú zisilverfish
• 蠹国害民dù guó hài mínto rob the state and hurt the people (idiom)
• 蠹众木折dù zhòng mù zhéDanger appears where many harmful factors exist. (idiom)

Words containing 蠹

• 国蠹guó dùtraitor; public enemy
• 小蠹xiǎo dùbark beetle (zoology)
• 巨蠹jù dùpublic enemy number one
• 书蠹shū dùbookworm (literal and figurative); book louse; pedant
• 朽蠹xiǔ dùto decay and be eaten by worms etc; to overhoard grain so that it rots
• 淄蠹zī dùto be worn out
• 禄蠹lù dùsinecurist
• 齿蠹chǐ dù(archaic) tooth decay
• 木蠹蛾mù dù éwood moth; carpenter moth
• 户枢不蠹hù shū bù dùlit. a door hinge never becomes worm-eaten; constant activity prevents decay (idiom)
• 苹果蠹蛾píng guǒ dù écodling moth (Cydia pomonella)
• 流水不腐，户枢不蠹liú shuǐ bù fǔ , hù shū bù dùlit. flowing water does not rot, nor a door-hinge rust (idiom)…

Characters built on 石

These share the phonetic component 石 (shí), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 础chǔfoundation; base
• 碌lùused in 劳碌; used in 庸碌; used in 骨碌
• 磲qúused in 砗磲
• 矻kūused in 矻矻; Taiwan pr. kù

Sounds the same

Read dù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 度to pass; to spend (time); measure
• 肚belly
• 渡to cross; to pass through; to ferry
• 杜birchleaf pear (tree); to stop; to prevent
• 妒to envy (success, talent); jealous
• 镀to plate (with gold, silver etc); (prefix) -plated
• 喥used in location words (Cantonese); Mandarin equivalent: 里
• 芏used in 茳芏; Taiwan pr. tǔ
• 𬭊dubnium (chemistry)
• 螙variant of 蠹
• 蠧variant of 蠹