Kanji Detail for 餌 - "bait, feed, lure"

餌

Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
餌 means "bait, feed, lure."
1. Bait - Food used to lure prey.
2. Feed - Food for animals.
3. Lure - Something that attracts.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

food; bait; prey; tempting profit

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

bait; bait, entice; dumplings

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

pastry; food; to swallow; to lure; bait; lure

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

bait; cake; dumplings; to bait, to entice

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

A flour cake. A food delicacy, kept for occasional needs. As in 餅餌 (pastries), 果餌 (fruit snacks). Also, nutritional food for the sick is called 藥餌. | Food thrown by fishermen and hunters to lure fish and birds is called 餌. By extension, luring people with profit is also called 餌.
Onyomi

ji(ジ)

ni(ニ)
Kunyomi

e(え)

eba(えば)

esa(えさ)

mochi(もち)
Strokes

15 strokes
Radical

食飠 (shoku・shokuhen)
Related Keywords
bait feed lure benefit food attract chum entice entrap fodder meal nourish prey provender sustenance