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餮

tiè

Character

What 餮 means

1. literarygreedy; gluttonous

Words containing 餮

• 饕餮tāo tièferocious mythological animal, the fifth son of the dragon king…
• 饕餮纹tāo tiè wénzoomorphic mask motif
• 饕餮之徒tāo tiè zhī túglutton; gourmand; by extension, person who is greedy for power, money, sex etc
• 饕餮大餐tāo tiè dà cāngreat meal fit for dragon's son (idiom); sumptuous banquet

Characters that look like 餮

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 警jǐngto alert; to warn; police
• 攀pānto climb (by pulling oneself up); to implicate; to claim connections of higher status
• 臀túnbuttocks; hips; rump
• 瞿qústartled; Taiwan pr. jù
• 藜líname of weed plant (fat hen, goosefoot, pigweed etc); Chenopodium album
• 瞽gǔblind; undiscerning

Sounds the same

Read tiè, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 帖rubbing from incised inscription
• 呫to mutter; to talk indistinctly