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餌 = 耳 + 食
餌 is a Japanese kanji written with 14 strokes, listed here under the keyword “feed”. It is built from 耳 (ear) and 食 (eat). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1588.
- Keyword
- feed
- RTK frame
- 1588
- Strokes
- 14
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ジ, ニ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- え, えば, えさ, もち
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- food, кормить
- Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
- 餌 bait
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 餌 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “ear” + “eat”. 餌 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 餌 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.