饵敌
ěr​dí

lure

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

敌 dí enemy Simplified

Simplified form of 敵. Phonosemantic compound. 攵 represents the meaning and 啻 represents the sound.

Components

舌
舌 Simplified component
shé tongue

Shorthand for the 啻 component in the traditional character 敵.

攵
攵 Meaning component
pū tap

攵 is a component form of 攴.

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

餌 bait Traditional

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

敵 dí enemy Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 攵 represents the meaning and 啻 represents the sound.

Components

啻
啻 Sound component
chì, dì only
Change in sound
攵
攵 Meaning component
pū tap

攵 is a component form of 攴.

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdek[d]ˤek oppose; enemy

說文解字

《說文》：“敵，仇也。从攴，啻聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)