蚀 Strokes Write it Listen 蚀 shí to nibble at, to erode; an eclipse HSK 7–9 9 strokes Radical 饣 Ideograph 1 word Built from饣shífood; to eat虫chónginsect, worm; mollusk How it worksAn insect 虫 bite 饣; 饣 also provides the pronunciation.