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餮: greedy (in 饕餮)

greedy (in 饕餮)
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Readings

On
テツ
Kun
むさぼる

餮 appears almost only in 饕餮 (とうてつ), the taotie, a gluttonous monster face on ancient Chinese bronzes.

Key words

饕餮とうてつtaotie, glutton monster
饕餮文とうてつもんtaotie motif

Example sentences

Ancient Chinese bronze vessels are engraved with the face of a monster called the taotie.

The taotie is said to devour anything, and its name came to stand for a glutton.

At the museum I saw a bronze cauldron with a taotie pattern in relief.

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