| 餮 | |||
| a legendary animal; a greedy person | |||
| Radical | 食飠饣𠋑𩙿𩚀𩚁𩚃 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 9 | Total Strokes | 18 |
| Mandarin reading | tiè | Cantonese reading | tit3 |
| Japanese on reading | tetsu ten den | Japanese kun reading | |
| Korean reading | chel | Vietnamese reading | |
| 餮 | |||
| a legendary animal; a greedy person | |||
| Radical | 食飠饣𠋑𩙿𩚀𩚁𩚃 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 9 | Total Strokes | 18 |
| Mandarin reading | tiè | Cantonese reading | tit3 |
| Japanese on reading | tetsu ten den | Japanese kun reading | |
| Korean reading | chel | Vietnamese reading | |
| 餮 | [ tiè ] gluttonous, see 饕餮[tao1 tie4], zoomorphic mask motif |
| ⇒ 饕餮 | [ taō tiè ] ferocious mythological animal, the fifth son of the dragon king, zoomorphic mask motif, found on Shang and Zhou ritual bronzes, gluttonous, sumptuous (banquet) |
| ⇒ 饕餮之徒 | [ taō tiè zhī tú ] glutton, gourmand, by extension, person who is greedy for power, money, sex etc |
| ⇒ 饕餮大餐 | [ taō tiè dà cān ] great meal fit for dragon's son (idiom); sumptuous banquet |
| ⇒ 饕餮紋 | [ taō tiè wén ] zoomorphic mask motif |