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Kotomora

餌

food, bait, prey, tempting profit

StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 5,000Strokes14

Readings

On'yomi

  • ジ
  • ニ

Kun'yomi

  • え
  • えば
  • えさ
  • もち

Meaning

餌 centers on food used to attract or sustain: bait for animals, prey as food, or tempting profit that lures someone in.

Most common words using 餌

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  • 餌えさ
    N4

    (animal) feed; fodder; pet food

  • 餌食えじき

    prey (i.e. of a predator); kill

  • 餌付けえづけ

    artificial feeding (of wild animals); accustoming (a wild animal) to accepting food from humans; hand-feeding

  • 給餌きゅうじ

    feeding (an animal)

  • 食餌しょくじ

    food (esp. for a medical diet)

  • 撒き餌まきえ

    scattered animal feed; ground bait

  • 生き餌いきえ

    live bait

  • 餌木えぎ

    wooden lure used for squid fishing

  • 好餌こうじ

    bait; decoy; lure

  • 採餌さいじ

    feeding (by animals); food getting

  • 探餌たんじ

    (animal's) foraging

  • 摂餌せつじ

    feeding (esp. by animals)

  • 擂り餌すりえ

    ground food

  • 擬餌ぎじ

    lure; artificial bait

  • 擬餌鉤ぎじばり

    artificial fly; lure

  • 毒餌どくえ

    poisonous bait

  • 疑似餌ぎじえ

    lure; artificial bait

  • 索餌さくじ

    foraging; feeding

  • 練り餌ねりえ

    paste bird feed

  • 自動給餌器じどうきゅうじき

    automatic pet feeder

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Etymology

餌 combines 飠 (food) with 耳, which likely contributes the sound and may relate to the idea of something that attracts or is consumed.

Meaning mnemonic

The food radical 飠 beside an ear 耳: imagine putting food near an animal's ear to lure it closer, like bait.

Reading mnemonic

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.