餌 Feed

Radical Combination

• 食

  Eat
• 耳

  Ear

Meaning

Primary

Feed

Alternatives

Animal Food, Bait

Mnemonic

An animal tries to eat your ear because it mistakes it for its feed. Maybe you shouldn't put your ears so close to the animal food — there's nothing to listen to down there besides wet, slobbery chewing sounds anyway.

Hints

Hear the sound of livestock munching away at their feed. Then, feel one of them chomp down on your ear. Ow!

Readings

On’yomi

None

Kun’yomi

えさ, え

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

You're walking by one of the animal pens with some feed when you hear, "Ay, sir (えさ)! Ay, sir! Bring some of that animal food over here please." Did an animal just… talk to you?

Hints

Suddenly, you hear a chorus of animal voices erupt around you: "Ay, sir! Bring us some feed next, sir! Ay, sir! We want some animal food, sir!" When did these animals learn to talk???