Japanese Kanji

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food · bait · prey

Secondary school · 14 strokes

Readings

  • ONji
  • ONni
  • KUNe
  • KUNえばeba
  • KUNえさesa

Meaning

Food, bait, prey, tempting profit.

Stroke order for 餌

餌 is part of the secondary school jōyō kanji — the full set of characters used in everyday Japanese. With 14 strokes, this character appears in numerous compound words throughout written Japanese.

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