饵 (ěr): bait

饵 (ěr) is a Chinese character meaning “bait.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 饣 (semantic) and 耳 (phonetic). It ranks #2819 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Etymologically derived, 饵 food. Its radical form 饣 (eat) appears in many related characters such as 饭 (fàn, meal, rice), 饿 (è, hungry), 馆 (guǎn, restaurant, hall).

Spoken pronunciation

Definitions

  1. bait

Etymology & Origin

饵

pictophoneticfood

Decomposition: ⿰饣耳 (layout: left-right)

Stroke Order

1
2
3
4
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9

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
诱饵nounyòu ěrbait
鱼饵nounyú ěrfish bait
饵子ěr zifish bait
饵线ěr xiàntippet (in fly-fishing)
饵敌ěr díto lure the enemy
饵雷ěr léibaited trap
散饵sǎn ěrgroundbait
饵丝ěr sīa kind of rice-flour noodles from Yunnan province
饵诱verběr yòuto lure
饼饵nounbǐng ěrcakes
禄饵lù ěrofficial pay as bait (for talent)
饺饵nounjiǎo ěrdumpling
12
Total compounds
50
As first character
50
As last character
0
As middle character

饵 appears in 12 compound words: 50 as the first character, 50 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Strongest Collocations

Characters that most frequently co-occur with 饵 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

诱yòu
0.690953 co-occurrences
钓diào
0.569159 co-occurrences
荤hūn
0.53816 co-occurrences
鱼yú
0.484381 co-occurrences
钩gōu
0.48056 co-occurrences
抛pāo
0.46556 co-occurrences
蝇yíng
0.45318 co-occurrences
拟nǐ
0.41672 co-occurrences
饼bǐng
0.39720 co-occurrences
甩shuǎi
0.38710 co-occurrences

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

钓鱼需要准备好鱼饵,不同的鱼喜欢不同的饵料。

Diàoyú xūyào zhǔnbèi hǎo yú'ěr, bùtóng de yú xǐhuan bùtóng de ěrliào.

Fishing requires preparing bait; different fish like different kinds of bait.

少数派Sep 2026

我女儿随手捡了根竹枝,没线没饵,也假装在那钓。

wǒ nǚ ér suí shǒu jiǎn le gēn zhú zhī , méi xiàn méi ěr , yě jiǎ zhuāng zài nà diào .

My daughter picked up a bamboo stick at random; even without a line or bait, she pretended to be fishing.

IT之家Aug 2026

每天喂完食物我们会把残饵吸除掉,防止残饵污染水质。

měi tiān wéi wán shí wù wǒ men huì bǎ cán ěr xī chú diào , fáng zhǐ cán ěr wū rǎn shuǐ zhì .

Every day after feeding, we remove any uneaten food to prevent it from polluting the water.

奇客SolidotApr 2026

其中饲料生产是大多数投饵型养殖系统中最大的排放源,在我国的研究中占比达到 52%。

qí zhōng sì liào shēng chǎn shì dà duō shǔ tóu ěr xíng yǎng zhí xì tǒng zhōng zuì dà de pái fàng yuán , zài wǒ guó de yán jiū zhōng zhàn bǐ dá dào 5 2 .

Feed production is the largest source of emissions in most feed-based aquaculture systems, accounting for 52 percent in studies conducted in China.

DigitimesApr 2026

评析:便利是诱饵、数据是筹码? 高德地图“零时差”背后的...

píng xī : biàn lì shì yòu ěr , shǔ jù shì chóu mǎ ? gāo dé dì tú líng shí chā bèi hòu de . . .

Analysis: Is Convenience the Bait, and Data the Bargaining Chip? What Lies Behind Amap’s “Real-Time” Feature...

公視新聞網 PnnFeb 2026

美研发AI水下无人载具 可发射诱饵鱼雷、无人机

měi yán fā A I shuǐ xià wú rén zài jù kě fā shè yòu ěr yú léi , wú rén jī

The United States has developed AI underwater unmanned vehicles that can launch decoy torpedoes and drones

Tatoeba

出去钓鱼前,他挖出一些虫子当饵。

Chūqù diàoyú qián, tā wā chū yīxiē chóngzi dāng ěr.

Before he went fishing, he dug up some worms for bait.

Tatoeba

用这个当诱饵啊?

Yòng zhège dāng yòu'ěr ā?

Using this as a bait?

Character Family

Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 饣 (food) component

Homophones — Characters pronounced ěr

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 饵 (ěr) mean in Chinese?
饵 (ěr) primarily means "bait." It is classified as HSK Level 7-9, making it an expert-level character. It ranks #2819 in character frequency.
How many strokes does 饵 have?
饵 is written with 9 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 饵?
The radical associated with 饵 is 饣 (eat). This radical appears in many characters related to eat.
What are the components of 饵?
饵 is composed of: 饣 (semantic), 耳 (phonetic). Its IDS decomposition is ⿰饣耳 with a left-right layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 饵?
Common words with 饵 include: 诱饵 (yòu ěr, "bait"); 鱼饵 (yú ěr, "fish bait"); 饵子 (ěr zi, "fish bait"); 饵线 (ěr xiàn, "tippet (in fly-fishing)"); 饵敌 (ěr dí, "to lure the enemy"). There are over 12 compound words containing this character.
What characters sound the same as 饵 (ěr)?
Several characters share the pronunciation ěr: 洱 (Erhai Lake (in place names)), 而 (and), 儿 (child), 二 (two), and 2 more. Context and tones help distinguish between them in speech and writing.
Is 饵 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
No. The simplified form is 饵 and the traditional form is 餌.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.