# 蝕

| 蝕 | U+8755, &#34645; 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 8573$_6$, 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

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

### Etymology 1

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

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shí (shi$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄕˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): sik$^6$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): sṳ̍t / sa̍t
    (Meixian, Guangdong): sed$^6$ / sad$^6$
* Northern Min (KCR): sĭ
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): si̍h / si̍t / se̍k / sit
    (Teochew, Peng'im): sih$^8$ / ziah$^8$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^8$zeq
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shí
*** Zhuyin: ㄕˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shíh
*** Wade–Giles: shih$^2$
*** Yale: shŕ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyr
*** Palladius: ши (ši)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂʐ̩³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sik$^6$
*** Yale: sihk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sik$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xig$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɪk̚²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̍t / sa̍t
*** Hakka Romanization System: siid / sad
*** Hagfa Pinyim: sid$^6$ / sad$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /sɨt̚⁵/, /sat̚⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: sed$^6$ / sad$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /sət̚⁵/, /sat̚⁵/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: sĭ
*** Sinological IPA : /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/
* si̍h - vernacular (“to wane”);
* si̍t - vernacular;
* se̍k - literary;
* sit - “eclipse” (also written as 熄).
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit蝕 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /ʂʐ̩³⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /ʂʐ̩²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /ʂʐ̩⁴⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /ʂʐ̩⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /ʃz̩⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /ʂʐ̩⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /ʂʐ̩²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /ʂʐ̩²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /ʂʐ̩¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /ʂʐ̩⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /ʂʐ̩⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /sz̩²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /sz̩³¹/ /se³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /sz̩²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /ʂʐ̩³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /ʂʐ̩ʔ⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /ʂəʔ⁵/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /səʔ⁵⁴/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /ʂʌʔ⁵³/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /səʔ⁴³/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /zəʔ¹/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /zəʔ³/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /zəʔ²/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /zei²¹³/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /ɕi²²/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /ɕi⁵/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /ʂʐ̩²⁴/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /ʂʐ̩²⁴/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /sɨʔ⁵/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /sat̚⁵/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /ʃït̚⁵⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /sek̚²/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /sek̚²²/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /sek̚²/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /sik̚⁵/ /sit̚⁵/ 腐～ /siʔ⁵/ 消～ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /sɛiʔ²³/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /si²⁴/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /siʔ⁵/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /t͡sia³³/ 日～ /ti³³/ 消～ |
* 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/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /d͡ʑʰi̯ək̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | shí |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | sik$^6$ |
* 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
* to corrode; to erode
* (astronomy) to eclipse
* (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

From 折.

#### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): sit$^6$
* Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): sad$^6$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): si̍h
    (Teochew, Peng'im): sih$^8$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^8$zeq
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sit$^6$
*** Yale: siht
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sit$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xid$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /siːt̚²/
* Hakka
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: sad$^6$
*** 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: sih$^8$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: si̍h
*** Sinological IPA : /siʔ⁴/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^8$zeq
*** MiniDict: zeh$^入$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^5$zeq
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zəʔ¹²/

#### Definitions

蝕
* (Cantonese, Hakka, Southern Min, Wu) to lose money
       keoi$^5$ ng$^5$ nin$^4$ cin$^4$ zou$^6$ saang$^1$ ji$^3$ sit$^6$ zo$^2$ jaa$^6$ gei$^2$ maan$^6$. [Jyutping]
       He lost some twenty-odd thousand doing business five years ago.
* (Cantonese) to have struck a bad bargain; to be at a disadvantage; to lose out
* (Cantonese) to wear due to constant friction
       haai$^4$ dai$^2$ ji$^5$ ging$^1$ sit$^6$ saai$^3$. [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)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(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.

#### 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)
* 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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