饵 (ěr) — (bound form) bait; lure; (bound form) pastry; cakes; (bound form, literary) to entice; to lure
Definition
饵 is a literary/classical bound form meaning 'bait' or 'to lure, entice' (e.g. 诱饵, 以利饵之) — not used alone in modern speech. The 'pastry' sense is rare and historical.
bound form
baitlurepastrycakes(bound form, literary) to enticeto lure
Examples
- 。Diào yú xū yào yú ěr.Fishing requires bait.
- 饵。Tā yǐ jīn qián ěr zhī.He enticed him with money.
- 饵。Zhè zhǒng bǐng ěr fēi cháng yǒu míng.This kind of pastry is very famous.
Origin
Sound + meaning六书liùshū
形声xíngshēngMost characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.
This origin belongs to the traditional form 餌; 饵 is its simplified writing.
The traditional form 餌 pairs 食 (to eat) with 耳, which gives the sound; 饵 is a simplified shorthand.
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