饵 meaning and stroke order
Bait; cake; dumplings; to bait, to entice
How to write 饵, stroke by stroke
9 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 饵
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- pastry
- food
- to swallow
- to lure
- bait
- lure
How 饵 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Food.
饣 gives the meaning and 耳 hints at the sound.
Radical: 饣 (food), shared by 43 characters on this site.
How to remember 饵
饵 (ěr) puts the food radical 饣 next to 耳 (ěr, ear), which gives the sound. Picture a tasty bit of food dangling right by a fish's ear to tempt it.
Today 饵 mostly means bait, literal or figurative, and usually appears in compounds like 鱼饵 (yú'ěr, fish bait) and 诱饵 (yòu'ěr, bait, lure). Example: 他用小虫做鱼饵。(Tā yòng xiǎo chóng zuò yú'ěr.) He uses small worms as fish bait.
Common mistake: Learners sometimes write 饵 with 食 or 米 on the left. It uses the food radical 饣 in simplified Chinese. Also keep the third tone from 耳 (ěr) and do not read it as èr like 二.
Common words with 饵
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| 诱饵 | yòu'ěr | bait | HSK 7-9 |
| 鱼饵 | yú'ěr | fish bait |
饵 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Questions about 饵
How many strokes are in 饵?
饵 is written with 9 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 饵 mean?
饵 (ěr) means bait; cake; dumplings; to bait, to entice. A common word with it is 诱饵 (yòu'ěr), meaning "bait".
How do you pronounce 饵?
饵 is pronounced ěr, in the third tone (dipping).
What is the radical of 饵?
The radical of 饵 is 饣, which carries the idea of "food". Dictionaries list 饵 under this radical.
What is the traditional form of 饵?
The traditional form of 饵 is 餌. Traditional characters are used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau; 饵 is the simplified form used in mainland China and Singapore.
Is 饵 on the HSK exam?
Yes. 饵 is part of the HSK 7-9 character list in the HSK 3.0 standard.
Can 饵 be used by itself to mean bait?
In everyday speech people normally say 鱼饵 or 诱饵 instead of 饵 alone. The single character shows up more in written or set phrases, such as 以利为饵 (yǐ lì wéi ěr), using profit as bait.
Does 饵 mean dumpling in modern Chinese?
The food senses like cake or dumpling are older meanings. In modern Mandarin, dumplings are 饺子 (jiǎozi), and 饵 is understood as bait. One exception is 饵块 (ěrkuài), a rice cake from Yunnan.