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Keyword
glutton
  • greedy person
  • insatiable dragon
Frequency
#4924
Strokes
18
Readings
tiè
Mnemonic
食 (eat) gives the meaning and 殄 the sound.
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Used in vocabulary
饕餮tāotiè
ferocious mythological animal, the fifth son of the dragon king; zoomorphic mask motif, found on Shang and Zhou ritual bronzes; gluttonous; sumptuous (banquet)
餮tiè
(literary) greedy; gluttonous