tāo

gluttonous

Components
號 sound component

  Sound component

hàoháo

  

call, mark

食 meaning component

  Meaning component

shí

  

eat

eat

Evolution

饕 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
饕 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
饕 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
饕 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

tāo

gluttonous, greedy, covetous; gluttonous; see 饕餮[tāo​tiè], zoomorphic mask motif

Most common words with 饕
Freq.
Word
Meaning

gluttonous

饕餮

gluttonous

老饕

glutton

饕餮之徒

glutton