餌
ěr

bait

Phonosemantic compound. 飠 represents the meaning and 耳 represents the sound.

Components

飠
飠 Meaning component
eat

飠 is a component form of 食.

耳
耳 Sound component
ěr ear

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartnyiH[C.]nə(ʔ)-sbait
Zhengzhangnjɯs
Unicodenjiə̀

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

饵 ěr bait Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 饣 represents the meaning and 耳 represents the sound. Simplified form of 餌.

Components

饣
饣 Meaning component
shí eat

饣 is a component form of 食.

耳
耳 Sound component
ěr ear

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode