饕餮

とうてつ

Meanings

1. Noun taotie (Chinese mythological creature commonly represented as a motif on ritual bronzes from the Shang and Zhou dynasties)
2. covetousness; greed; avarice

Kanji

• 饕 be greedy; be ravenous. Read as トウ.
• 餮 voracious; gluttonous. Read as テツ.

Words containing 饕餮

• 饕餮文 (とうてつもん) taotie motif (on ritual bronzes from the Shang and Zhou dynasties)

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