饵 ěr bait
How to remember 饵: 饣 food + 耳 ear = bait. The boy saves his food from lunch, but grandpa pulls a worm from behind his ear and says fish prefer this bait.
Component breakdown
饵 = 饣 food + 耳 ear
- 饣 food
- 耳 ear
The boy saves his food from lunch, but grandpa pulls a worm from behind his ear and says fish prefer this bait.
How it is used
- Bait: 鱼饵 (yú'ěr) fish bait, 诱饵 (yòu'ěr) a lure/decoy.
- 诱饵 is very common figuratively - a trap's bait, an enticement: 以高薪为诱饵 (yǐ gāoxīn wéi yòu'ěr) using a high salary as bait.
- Also a technical sense in 药饵 (medicine); but bait (钓饵/诱饵) is the everyday use.