餮

voracious; gluttonous

18 strokes.

Readings

• テツ (on reading): 饕餮 (とうてつ) taotie (Chinese mythological creature commonly represented as a motif on ritual bronzes from the Shang and Zhou dynasties); 饕餮文 (とうてつもん) taotie motif (on ritual bronzes from the Shang and Zhou dynasties)
• むさぼる (kun reading)

Components

• 殄
• 食
• 𠆢 radical person roof
• 彡 radical bristles; hair
• 歹 radical death; bare bone
• 食 radical eat; food

Words using 餮

• 饕餮 (とうてつ) taotie (Chinese mythological creature commonly represented as a motif on ritual bronzes from the Shang and Zhou dynasties)
• 饕餮文 (とうてつもん) taotie motif (on ritual bronzes from the Shang and Zhou dynasties)

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