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饕餮
【 とうてつ 】
1. [n] [hist]
▶ taotie (Chinese mythological creature commonly represented as a motif on ritual bronzes from the Shang and Zhou dynasties)
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 2174600 饕餮文【とうてつもん】 1. taotie motif (on ritual bronzes from the Shang and Zhou dynasties)
2. [n] [arch]
▶ covetousness
▶ greed
▶ avarice



History:
8. A 2022-07-12 06:14:43  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
7. A* 2022-07-11 11:36:10  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
nikk
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taotie
  Comments: 
I don't think it's necessarily engraved.
I don't think the "brutal person" sense is needed. It's not in nikk, the only kokugo that has an entry for 饕餮.
  Diff: 
@@ -13 +13 @@
-<gloss>tao-tie (mythological Chinese creature engraved on bronzeware during the Shang and Zhou dynasties)</gloss>
+<gloss>taotie (Chinese mythological creature commonly represented as a motif on ritual bronzes from the Shang and Zhou dynasties)</gloss>
@@ -17,5 +17,4 @@
-<gloss>brutal person</gloss>
-</sense>
-<sense>
-<pos>&n;</pos>
-<gloss>coveting of wealth (property, etc.)</gloss>
+<misc>&arch;</misc>
+<gloss>covetousness</gloss>
+<gloss>greed</gloss>
+<gloss>avarice</gloss>
6. A 2022-07-09 12:46:13  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Diff: 
@@ -17 +16,0 @@
-<misc>&id;</misc>
5. A 2021-03-19 22:51:44  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
2007 edit by Rene: 漢字源 "①貨・金銭をむさぼること。「饕餮仙（欲深い道士をそしっていうことば）」。②凶悪な者のたとえ。〔→春秋左氏伝〕③怪獣の名。殷・周のころ、その姿を銅器などに刻んで飾りとした。"
  Comments: 
I think "hist" is OK.
4. A* 2021-03-18 23:28:52  Alan Cheng <...address hidden...>
  Comments: 
Would [hist] be more appropriate here?

Also, sense 3 in is nikk, but I didn't see sense 2. Is it attested somewhere?
  Diff: 
@@ -12 +12 @@
-<misc>&arch;</misc>
+<misc>&hist;</misc>
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