食害 （ショクガイ） damage to crops by vermin (esp. insects), pest damage
浸食 （シンショク） erosion, corrosion
海食 （カイショク） marine erosion
Kunyomi Examples
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
Kanji
Stroke count: 14
Meaning: eclipse, occultation, be defective
Kunyomi: むしば.む
Onyomi: ショク
Composition: 飠 虫
蝕
Radical
Radical: 虫
Meaning: insect
虫
Examples
Onyomi Examples
食 （ショク） eclipse (solar, lunar, etc.), occultation
食害 （ショクガイ） damage to crops by vermin (esp. insects), pest damage
浸食 （シンショク） erosion, corrosion
海食 （カイショク） marine erosion
Kunyomi Examples
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