Hanja Analyzer
蛀

蛀 — ju

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
나무좀 주
Romanization
ju
English
insects that eat books, clothes
Mandarin
zhù
Japanese on'yomi
シュ
Japanese kun'yomi
きくいむし
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
11
Radical
虫 (142, 5 residual)
Phonetic component
主(주)
Unicode
U+86C0

Characters sharing the phonetic 主

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “주” in Korean.

Other hanja read “주”

Other hanja with radical 虫

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