Hanja Analyzer
餌

餌 — i

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
미끼 이
Romanization
i
English
bait; bait, entice; dumplings
Mandarin
ěr
Japanese on'yomi
ジ
Japanese kun'yomi
え えば えさ もち
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#2,277 of 2,500
Strokes
14
Radical
食 (184, 6 residual)
Phonetic component
耳
Unicode
U+990C

Parts that make up 餌

  • ⻞ 밥/먹을 식, 밥 먹일 사variant of 食 받침에 올린 밥그릇과 입먹는 일과 먹을 것
  • 耳 귀 이sound 귀귀와 듣는 일

How 餌 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 餌 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 食, 耳.

Korean example words with 餌

  • 약이성藥餌性 Korean gloss: 약이 되는 음식과 같은 성질
  • 호이好餌 Korean gloss: 좋은 미끼.
  • 섭이攝餌 Korean gloss: 먹이를 먹음.
  • 식이食餌 Korean gloss: 조리한 음식.
  • 교이餃餌 Korean gloss: 쪄서 익힌 만두.
  • 약이藥餌 Korean gloss: 약이 되는 음식.
  • 입이粒餌 Korean gloss: 낟알로 된 모이.
  • 색이索餌 Korean gloss: 짐승들이 먹이를 찾아다니는 것.
  • 연이軟餌 Korean gloss: 끓여 익혀서 무르게 만든 모이.
  • 이약餌藥 Korean gloss: ‘보약’을 한방에서 이르는 말.
  • 분이粉餌 Korean gloss: 가루로 된 모이. 곧 닭의 모이 따위를 이른다.
  • 향이香餌 Korean gloss: 사람의 마음을 유혹하는 재물, 이익 따위를 비유적으로 이르는 말.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 餌

  • 餌えさ (animal) feed; fodder; pet food
  • 餌食えじき prey (i.e. of a predator); kill; victim (of a crime, a hoax, etc.)
  • 好餌こうじ bait; decoy; lure
  • 薬餌やくじ medicine; drugs
  • 食餌しょくじ food (esp. for a medical diet)
  • 擬餌ぎじ lure; artificial bait
  • 餌袋えぶくろ gizzard; crop
  • 餌箱えさばこ (animal) feed tray; feed trough; feed box
  • 鳥餌とりえ bird feed; birdseed
  • 餌場えさば feeding ground
  • 探餌たんじ (animal's) foraging
  • 給餌きゅうじ feeding (an animal)

Characters sharing the phonetic 耳

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “이”

Other hanja with radical 食

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