蚀
蝕shí
#2,619 most
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to nibble away at sth, to eat into
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
蚀 joins 饣, meaning to eat or food, which also supplies the sound, with 虫 worm or insect. It first meant to eat or bore through something. That grew to corrode and then erode.
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