Word details

饕餮文

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 饕餮文.

Dictionary

Entry

饕餮文饕餮紋うてつもんNoun
1

Historical term

taotie motif (on ritual bronzes from the Shang and Zhou dynasties)

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

be greedy, be ravenous

22 strokes

On

トウ

Kun

むさぼ.る

voracious, gluttonous

18 strokes

On

テツ

Kun

むさぼ.る

sentence, literature, style, art, decoration, figures, plan, literary radical (no. 67)

4 strokesFrequency 190JLPT N3Grade 1

On

ブンモン

Kun

ふみあや

Nanori

かざり

family crest, figures

10 strokesFrequency 1,519JLPT N1Grade 8

On

モン

Nanori

あや

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