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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
dù | du4
English translation
moth, bookworm; moth-eaten, worm-eaten

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Number of strokes

24

Traditional form

Contains the radical

chóng

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

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insect

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

tuó 虫虫

Semantic compound

chóng

Phonetic compound

tuó

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
moth-eaten
蠹虫 dù chóng moth蠹蟲
小蠹 xiǎo dù bark beetle (zoology)小蠹 xiǎo dù
蠹鱼 dù yú silverfish蠹魚
巨蠹 jù dù public enemy number one巨蠹 jù dù
户枢不蠹 hù shū bù dù lit. a door hinge never becomes worm-eaten戶樞不蠹
苹果蠹蛾 píng guǒ dù é codling moth蘋果蠹蛾
蠹害 dù hài to harm蠹害 dù hài
木蠹蛾 mù dù é wood moth木蠹蛾 mù dù é
书蠹 shū dù book louse書蠹
蠹国害民 dù guó hài mín to rob the state and hurt the people (idiom)蠹國害民
蠹弊 dù bì abuse蠹弊 dù bì

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