餌
food, bait, prey, tempting profit
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
20 of 30- 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
Study
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.