蚀 --/033shi/%5B4%5Dzhuan(1).gif?fit=840%2C30){kind=small}
= --/033shi/%5B4%5Dzhuan(1)jian(1).gif?fit=840%2C26){kind=small}
--/033shi/%5B4%5Dzhuan(1)jian(2).gif?fit=840%2C26){kind=small}
in the seal script, it consists of three parts, 虫 worm or insect, 食 food utensil, and 人. The character in seal script depicts a worm eats into a man’s food.
In the clerical script, --/033shi/%5B4%5Dzhuan(1)jian(3).gif?fit=840%2C25){kind=small}
is changed to --/033shi/%5B5%5Dli(1)jian(1).gif?fit=840%2C21){kind=small}
and the person --/033shi/%5B4%5Dzhuan(1)jian(4).gif?fit=840%2C22){kind=small}
is removed.
In simplified character, 飠is changed to 饣.
The original meaning of is extended to: corrode, erode, lose, eclipse