Word Meaning 饕餮

とうてつ toutetsu

饕餮 is read as とうてつ (toutetsu) and means taotie (Chinese mythological creature commonly represented as a motif on ritual bronzes from the Shang and Zhou dynasties).

Meaning

English

  1. taotie (Chinese mythological creature commonly represented as a motif on ritual bronzes from the Shang and Zhou dynasties)
  2. covetousness
  3. greed
  4. avarice

Reading

Kana

とうてつ

Romaji

toutetsu

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 40 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Kanken 1級 Rank 163400 Priority Z

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饕餮文

とうてつもん

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