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餌

food
Stroke count: 14

Readings

On readingジ、ニ
Kun readingえ、えば、えさ、もち
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. food
    私たちは一日に三回、犬に餌を与えている。We feed our dog three times a day.tatoeba
    彼は彼女を安易な餌で誘き寄せた。He lured her with trinkets.tatoeba
  2. bait
    彼は釣り針に生き餌をつけた。He put live bait on a hook.tatoeba
  3. prey
  4. tempting profit
  5. feedRtK
  1. (animal) feed
  2. fodder
  3. pet food
  4. lure

Radicals and components

Radical食eat飠variant
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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eat · food · umbrella · good · halo · drop (丶) · silver (金) · ear (耳)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1588

Compound words

餌食えじき
prey (i.e. of a predator)
好餌こうじ
bait
薬餌やくじ
medicine
すり餌すりえ
ground food
スリ餌すりえ
ground food
まき餌まきえ
scattered animal feed
撒き餌まきえ
scattered animal feed
生き餌いきえ
live bait
擂り餌すりえ
ground food
魚の餌科うおのえか
Cymothoidae (family of isopods)
薬餌療法やくじりょうほう
treatment by medicine and diet

Additional Examples

彼は心してかからないとマリガンの格好の餌食となるに違いない。
He'd better watch out, or Mulligan is going to wipe the floor with him.tatoeba

Stroke Order

14 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 餌

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