饕

22 strokes
Kentei exam level 1

be greedy, be ravenous

Kun'yomi
  • むさぼる
On'yomi
  • トウ

Main Radical

食(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

トウ 100.0%

Character Breakdown

be greedy, be ravenous
トウ　むさぼ.る (Kentei 1)
mark, sign, symbol
コウ　さけ.ぶ　よびな (Kentei 1)
nickname, number, item
ゴウ　さけ.ぶ　よびな (3rd, N3)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
obstruction of breath (qi) as it seeks release, variant of other characters
コウ　さまた.げられる
tiger, drunkard
とら　コ　たけ (11th, N1)
tiger spots, mottled, tiger or tiger crown radical (no. 141)
コ (Kentei 1)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク　うらな.う　うらない (Kentei Pre-1)
wild goose, trailing cliff radical (no. 27)
カン　かりがね (Kentei 1)
spoon, spoon or katakana hi radical (no. 21)
ヒ　さじ (Kentei 1)
legs radical (no. 10)
ジン　ニン　がい (Kentei 1)
eat, food
た.べる　く.う　ショク (2nd, N5)
person
ひと　ニン　ジン (1st, N5)
good, pleasing, skilled
よ.い　リョウ　ら (4th, N3)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ　えい　よう (Kentei 1)
northeast (Oriental zodiac), stopping, good radical (no. 138)
うしとら　コン (Kentei Pre-1)
day, sun, Japan
ひ　にっ　ニチ (1st, N5)
garment, clothes, dressing
イ　ころも　きぬ (4th, N2)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
garment(衣) variant

Common Words

とう
饕
てつ
餮
taotie (Chinese mythological creature commonly represented as a motif on ritual bronzes from the Shang and Zhou dynasties) ②covetousness
とう
饕
てつ
餮
もん
文
taotie motif (on ritual bronzes from the Shang and Zhou dynasties)
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References

Unicode hex code 9955
JIS X 0208 1-81-35
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 6717
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 44426
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 8b13.1
Four corner code 6173.2