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dou3
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[1] [n] moth; a kind of insects which eats into books and clothing [2] moth-eaten; worm-eaten [3] an insect that eats up resources; embezzler Stroke count: 24
Level: 3
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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| 蠹 | |
*** This entry has been marked as UNSURE by an editor, so it may not be fully accurate ***This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 |
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蠹蟲
dou3 cung4 = silverfish |
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Forum Code to link to this word:
[big][url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/3177/]蠹[/url][/big]
HTML Code to link to this word:
<a href="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/3177/" class="chinesemed" target="_blank">蠹</a>
Decimal representation of this word: 蠹
Unicode code for this character: U+8839 (off-site link)
[big][url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/3177/]蠹[/url][/big]
HTML Code to link to this word:
<a href="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/3177/" class="chinesemed" target="_blank">蠹</a>
Decimal representation of this word: 蠹
Unicode code for this character: U+8839 (off-site link)
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