餌

15 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 11th grade

food, bait, prey, tempting profit

Kun'yomi
  • え
    		(animal) feed ②bait
  • えば
  • えさ
    		(animal) feed ②bait
  • もち
On'yomi
  • ジ
  • ニ

Main Radical

食(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

えさ 67.0%
え 29.9%
ジ 3.0%

Character Breakdown

food, bait, prey
えさ　え　ジ (11th)
eat, food, eat radical (no. 184)
person
ひと　ニン　ジン (1st, N5)
good, pleasing, skilled
よ.い　リョウ　ら (4th, N3)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ　えい　よう (Kentei 1)
northeast (Oriental zodiac), stopping, good radical (no. 138)
うしとら　コン (Kentei Pre-1)
day, sun, Japan
ひ　にっ　ニチ (1st, N5)
garment, clothes, dressing
イ　ころも　きぬ (4th, N2)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
garment(衣) variant
ear
みみ　ジ　がみ (1st, N3)

Common Words

えさ
餌
(animal) feed ②bait
え
餌
じき
食
prey
ぎ
擬
じ
餌
lure
え
餌
づ
付
　
け
artificial feeding
ま
撒
　
き
え
餌
scattered animal feed
い
生
　
き
え
餌
live bait
えさ
餌
　
や
　
り
feeding (animals)
えさ
餌
ば
場
feeding ground
ね
練
　
り
え
餌
paste bird feed ②paste fishing bait
えさ
餌
ばこ
箱
(animal) feed tray
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References

Unicode hex code 990C
JIS X 0208 1-17-34
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 5167
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 6690
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 2257
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 1597
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2797
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 1588
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 44146X
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 776
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 8b6.2
Four corner code 8174.0