food, bait, prey, tempting profit
餌 centers on food used to attract or sustain: bait for animals, prey as food, or tempting profit that lures someone in.
餌 combines 飠 (food) with 耳, which likely contributes the sound and may relate to the idea of something that attracts or is consumed.
The food radical 飠 beside an ear 耳: imagine putting food near an animal's ear to lure it closer, like bait.
For ジ, picture a giant ear (耳) being tempted by a piece of cheese: the 'G' in giant and the 'ee' in cheese blend to cue ジ.
(animal) feed; fodder; pet food
prey (i.e. of a predator); kill
artificial feeding (of wild animals); accustoming (a wild animal) to accepting food from humans; hand-feeding
feeding (an animal)
food (esp. for a medical diet)
scattered animal feed; ground bait
live bait
wooden lure used for squid fishing
bait; decoy; lure
feeding (by animals); food getting
(animal's) foraging
feeding (esp. by animals)
ground food
lure; artificial bait
artificial fly; lure
poisonous bait
lure; artificial bait
foraging; feeding
paste bird feed
automatic pet feeder