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)

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

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/

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/
Bernhard 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

bribe
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

(Hyōgai kanji)

bribe

Readings

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