noun

  1. live bait.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
生き餌 いきえ
生餌 いきえ
 
活き餌 いきえ
活餌
活餌 いきえ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

life, genuine, birth
セイ い.きる う.まれる (1st, N5)
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)