餌

See also 饵

Translingual

Han character

餌 (radical 184 食+6, 15 strokes, cangjie input 人戈尸十 (OISJ), four-corner 8174₀, composition ⿰飠耳)

1. bait
2. bait, entice
3. dumplings

References

• KangXi: page 1419, character 30
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 44146
• Dae Jaweon: page 1944, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4449, character 13
• Unihan data for U+990C

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Cantonese

Hanzi

餌 (simplified 饵, jyutping nei6, Yale nei6)

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Japanese

Kanji

餌 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: じ (ji)
• Kun: もち (mochi), え (e), えさ (esa), ゑ (we, outdated)

Noun

餌 (hiragana えさ, romaji esa)

1. animal food; feed

   犬に毎日餌を上げて下さい。

   いぬにまいにちえさをあげてください。

   Inu ni mainichi esa o agetekudasai.

   Please feed the dog every day.

2. bait

Derived terms

• 餌場, えさ場 (えさば, esaba); feeding grounds
• 餌箱 (えさばこ, esabako), エサ箱 (エサばこ, esabako); the feed tray of an animal, a feed trough, a feed box; a bait box

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Korean

Hanja

餌 (hangeul 이, revised i, McCune-Reischauer i, Yale i)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

餌 (simplified 饵, pinyin ěr (er3), Wade-Giles erh³)

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Vietnamese

Han character

餌 (nhị, nhĩ)