巣食う すくう to build a nest #29,582 Meanings also 巣くう godan verb, intransitive to build a nest; to nest to hang out (of a bad group); to be based (in); to haunt to lodge (in one's mind; of an evil thought, delusion, etc.); to be planted; to luck (in one's heart) Its kanji 巣 ソウ · す、す.くう nest, rookery, hive, cobweb, den 食 ショク、ジキ · く.う、く.らう、た.べる、は.む eat, food