15 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 11th grade

food, bait, prey, tempting profit

Kun'yomi
  • (animal) feed ②bait
  • えば
  • (animal) feed ②bait
  • もち
On'yomi

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

えさ 67.0%
29.9%
3.0%

Character Breakdown

food, bait, prey
えさ え ジ (11th)
ear
みみ ジ がみ (1st, N3)

Common Words

(animal) feed ②bait
prey (i.e. of a predator) ②victim (of a crime, a hoax, etc.)
artificial feeding (of wild animals)
scattered animal feed
feeding (animals)
feeding ground
paste bird feed ②paste fishing bait
(animal) feed tray
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References

Unicode hex code 990C
JIS X 0208 1-17-34
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 5167
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 6690
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 2257
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 1597
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2797
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 1588
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 44146X
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 776
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 8b6.2
Four corner code 8174.0