饵

餌
ěr
#3,129 most
frequent character
pastry, food, to swallow, to lure

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

饵 has 饣, a mouth over a grain basket, as its meaning part, and 耳 ěr for sound. It first meant 'grind rice for pastry,' then grew to 'pastry,' 'bait,' and 'to lure, entice.' The sound is exactly 耳.

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Homophones

尔ěr
thus, so, like that, you, thou
耳ěr
ear, handle (archaeology)

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