Phonosemantic compound. 飠 represents the meaning and 耳 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (餌)
Simplified (饵)
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Similar Characters
蝕 eat away (trad)飢 starving (trad/jp)飩 dumplings (trad)飪 cooked food (trad)飫 surfeited (trad)飯 meal (trad/jp)飴 Sweet-Cakes Sweet-Meats (trad)飼 rear (trad/jp)飽 sated (trad/jp)餃 dumpling (trad)餄 noodles either made (trad)餅 cookie (trad/jp)餉 rations and pay (trad)餎 noodles either made (trad)餑 cakes (trad)餒 dispirited (trad)餓 hungry (trad/jp)餕 leftovers (trad)餘 excess (trad)餚 cooked or prepared meat (trad)
Historical Evolution
餌
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
餌
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
餌
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
餌
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
餌
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
餌
Regular
Modern
Chinese
饵 / 餌 [ěr]
pastry; food; to swallow; to lure; bait; lure
Japanese
noun
- (animal) feed; fodder; pet food
- bait; lure; enticement
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (11)
诱饵 [yòu'ěr] #6,493
bait
鱼饵 [yú'ěr] #16,614
fish bait
饵子 [ěrzi] #74,589
fish bait
禄饵 [lù'ěr]
official pay as bait (for talent)
饺饵 [jiǎo'ěr]
dumpling
饼饵 [bǐng'ěr]
cakes
饵敌 [ěrdí]
to lure the enemy
饵丝 [ěrsī]
a kind of rice-flour noodles from Yunnan province
饵线 [ěrxiàn]
tippet (in fly-fishing)
饵诱 [ěryòu]
to lure
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JAPANESE WORDS (32)
餌食 [えじき] #12,837
prey (i.e. of a predator)
餌付け [えづけ] #26,253
artificial feeding (of wild animals)
餌場 [えさば] #53,334
feeding ground
撒き餌 [まきえ] #55,525
scattered animal feed
餌やり [えさやり] #56,560
feeding (animals)
食事制限 [しょくじせいげん] #59,144
dietary restriction
食餌 [しょくじ] #69,761
food (esp. for a medical diet)
生き餌 [いきえ] #71,786
live bait
釣り餌 [つりえ] #73,306
bait (for fishing)
好餌 [こうじ] #80,825
bait
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KOREAN WORDS (1)