賕

See also: 赇

賕 U+8CD5, 賕 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8CD5 ← 賔 [U+8CD4] CJK Unified Ideographs 賖 → [U+8CD6]

Translingual

Han character

賕 (Kangxi radical 154, 貝+7, 14 strokes, cangjie input 月金戈十水 (BCIJE), four-corner 6383₂, composition ⿰貝求)

1. bribe

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1209, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36793
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3641, character 16
• Unihan data for U+8CD5

Chinese

trad.		賕
simp.		赇

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (求) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
救	*kus
求	*ɡu
球	*ɡu
逑	*ɡu
賕	*ɡu
蛷	*ɡu
莍	*ɡu
殏	*ɡu
梂	*ɡu
俅	*ɡu
脙	*ɡu, *qʰu
絿	*ɡu
銶	*ɡu
毬	*ɡu
捄	*ɡu, *ko
觩	*ɡu

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡu) : semantic 貝 (“shell; money”) + phonetic 求 (OC *ɡu)

Etymology

Possibly related to 求 (OC *ɡu, “to beg; to request”) (Liu, 1999).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiú (qiu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiú
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cióu
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiu²
    • Yale: chyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyou
    • Palladius: цю (cju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: kau⁴
    • Yale: kàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: keo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐu̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: gjuw

Rime
Character	賕
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	巨鳩切
Baxter	gjuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡiu/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/guw/
Li Rong	/ɡiu/
Wang Li	/ɡĭəu/
Bernard Karlgren	/gi̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	kau4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡu/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	賕
Reading #	1/1
No.	10563
Phonetic component	求
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	𧚍
Old Chinese	/*ɡu/

Definitions

賕

1. bribe
2. graft

Compounds

• 受賕枉法／受赇枉法
• 招權納賕／招权纳赇
• 行賕／行赇 (xíngqiú)
• 賕謁／赇谒

 

Japanese

Kanji

賕

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. bribe

Readings

• On (unclassified): きゅう (kyū); く (ku)
• Kun: まいない (mainai)