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covetous

HSK 10
Objects →Food
tāo
トウ
むさぼ.る
도
Components
號 appellation+ 食 food =
饕 covetous
號 Phonetic component
appellation
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食 Meaning component
shí food
eat
eat
Notes
Similar Characters
飧 evening飨 host (simp)飬 to offer sacrifices養 raise (trad/jp)餍 satiated (simp)餐 dine餮 Greedy A Legendary Animal饔 breakfast饗 host banquet (trad)饜 be satiated (trad)
Historical Evolution
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
饕
Regular
Modern
Chinese
饕 [tāo]
gluttonous; see 饕餮[tāo​tiè], zoomorphic mask motif
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (7)
饕餮 [tāo​tiè] #25,388
ferocious mythological animal, the fifth son of the dragon king
老饕 [lǎo​tāo] #56,572
glutton
饕餮之徒 [tāo​tiè​zhī​tú] #66,535
glutton
饕客 [tāo​kè]
gourmand
饕餮大餐 [tāo​tiè​dà​cān]
great meal fit for dragon's son (idiom); sumptuous banquet
饕餮纹 [tāo​tiè​wén]
zoomorphic mask motif
饕餮纹 [tāo​tiè​wén]
zoomorphic mask motif
JAPANESE WORDS (2)
饕餮 [とうてつ] #89,107
taotie (Chinese mythological creature commonly represented as a motif on ritual bronzes from the Shang and Zhou dynasties)
饕餮文 [とうてつもん]
taotie motif (on ritual bronzes from the Shang and Zhou dynasties)