Memory phrase for the character: 餌

餌

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Meaning

bait, lure, animal feed

Pronunciation

JI
esa, e

Explanation

 Left: food 食 (cover on good 良 food), right: ear 耳

Mnemonic
 
(An pig's ear as bait at the fishing hook?) For getting food you can use an ear as a bait.

Radicals

食 to eatshows a cover and good 良 (It might be helpful to see the lower two strokes as chopsticks.)
耳 earShows the picture of an ear (auricle / pinna).




 Vocabulary

餌 えさ  feed, bait

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