See also:
U+5557, 啗
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5557

[U+5556]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+5558]

Translingual

Etymology

Historical forms of the character
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*l'oːmʔ
*l'oːmʔ
*kʰloːmʔ
*kʰloːmʔ
*kʰloːmʔ, *ɡroːms
*kʰloːmʔ
*kʰloːmʔ, *ɡroːms
*ɡloːmʔ, *qroːm, *qroːms, *lomʔ
欿 *ɡloːmʔ
*ɡloːmʔ, *ɡluːms
*l'aːmʔ, *l'aːms
*ʔr'oːm, *kʰroːm, *kʰroːms
*ɡroːms
*ɡroːms
*ljom, *loms
*l̥ʰomʔ
*l̥ʰomʔ
*lom
*loms
*lom
*lom
*lomʔ
*kʰroːb

Han character

(radical 30, +8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 口弓竹X (RNHX), four-corner 67077, composition)

  1. eat, chew, bite
  2. entice, lure

References

  • KangXi: page 196, character 4
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3825
  • Dae Jaweon: page 417, character 5
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 644, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+5557

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“to eat; to dine; to feed; etc.”).
(This character, , is a variant form of .)

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. allure
  2. entice

Readings

  • Go-on: だん (dan)だむ (damu, historical)
  • Kan-on: たん (tan)たむ (tamu, historical)
  • Kun: くう (kuu, 啗う); くらう (kurau); くらわす (kurawasu)

Korean

Hanja

(dam) (hangeul , revised dam, McCuneReischauer tam)

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