饵诱
ěr​yòu

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

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诱 yòu persuade Simplified

To use elegant 秀 words 讠; 秀 also provides the pronunciation

Components

讠
讠 Meaning component
yán speech
秀
秀 SoundMeaning component
xiù elegant, excellent

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

誘 yòu persuade Traditional

To use elegant 秀 words 言; 秀 also provides the pronunciation

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech
秀
秀 SoundMeaning component
xiù elegant, excellent

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartyuwXluʔlead; influence
Zhengzhangluʔ

Sources

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