The acid ate into the metal.
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蚀
Traditional: 蝕
shí
shí · sik6 (Jyutping)
- to nibble away at sth
- to eat into
- to erode
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Character breakdown
蚀
- Meaning
- nibble away; erode; eclipse
- Radical
- 饣
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- ⿰饣虫
- Cangjie
- NVLMI
- Four-corner
- 2573
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Example sentences
Did you see yesterday's eclipse?
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