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Radical:
Radical Strokes: 9
Additional Strokes: 13
Total Strokes: 22
Variants:

Pronunciation

Pinyin: tāo
Cantonese: tou1
JapaneseKun: MUSABORU
JapaneseOn: TOU
Korean: TO

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: gluttonous, greedy, covetous

CE-Dict: gluttonous/see 饕餮[tao1 tie4], zoomorphic mask motif

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《食部》饕 貪也。从食號聲。

康熙字典文字版 【戌集下】【食字部】 饕
【唐韻】土刀切【集韻】【韻會】他刀切,𠀤音滔。【玉篇】貪財也。【韻會】貪嗜飮食曰饕。【左傳·文十八年】天下之民以比三凶,謂之饕餮。【註】貪財爲饕,貪食爲餮。互詳餮字註。
考證:〔【左傳·文十八年】天下之民一比三凶,謂之饕餮。〕 謹照原文一比改以比。

CF-Dict: désir désordonné

Han-De-Dict: gefräßig (u.E.)