This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: ショク、むしば.む
Romaji: shoku, mushiba.mu
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

eclipse, occultation, be defective

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  14
Radical Number:  184
Frequency: 
Grade: 
Skip Pattern:  1-8-6
Korean Reading:  sig
Chinese Reading:  shi2
Unicode:  8755
JIS:  3F2A

Indexes

Halpern Index: 1796
Nelson Index: 5165
New Nelson Index: 5333
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 8b6.1
Four Corner Index: 8573.6
Daikanwanjiten Index: 33264X
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 10.0057
Remembering the kanji Index: 2800
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2816
Kodansha Kanji Index: 2258

Words

(しょく)
meal; (one's) diet; food; foodstuff; foodstuffs; eclipse (solar, lunar, etc.)
月食 (げっしょく)
lunar eclipse
う蝕 (うしょく)
dental caries; tooth decay
防食剤 (ぼうしょくざい)
an anti-corrosive (agent)
分蝕 (ぶんしょく)
partial eclipse
蝕む (むしばむ)
to be worm-eaten; to be eaten by worms; to affect adversely; to spoil; to ruin; to undermine; to gnaw at (one's heart, body, etc.); to eat into; to destroy
腐食 (ふしょく)
corrosion; saprophagy
水食 (すいしょく)
(water) erosion
防食 (ぼうしょく)
protection against corrosion
風食 (ふうしょく)
wind erosion
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