賜

See also: 赐

賜	U+8CDC, 賜 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8CDC

← 賛
[U+8CDB]

CJK Unified Ideographs

賝 →
[U+8CDD]

Translingual

Han character

賜 (Kangxi radical 154, 貝+8, 15 strokes, cangjie input 月金日心竹 (BCAPH), four-corner 6682₇, composition ⿰貝易)

Derived characters

儩, 瀃(𣽷), 𧀩

Related characters

赐 (Simplified Chinese)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1209, character 15
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36809
Dae Jaweon: page 1674, character 5
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3648, character 2
Unihan data for U+8CDC

Chinese

trad.		賜
simp.		赐
2nd round simp.		𰷟
alternative forms		錫／锡易 ancient

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 賜
Western Zhou	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
賜	*sleːɡs
儩	*sleɡs
舓	*ɦljeʔ
易	leːɡs, leɡ
敡	*leɡs
鬄	*sljeɡ
睗	*hljeɡ
晹	*hljeɡ
痬	*leɡ
蜴	*leɡ
埸	*leɡ
逷	*l̥ʰeːɡ
剔	*l̥ʰeːɡ
踢	*tʰeːɡ
惕	*l̥ʰeːɡ
錫	*sleːɡ
裼	*sleːɡ
緆	*sleːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *sleːɡs): semantic 貝 (“shell, money”) + phonetic 易 (OC *leːɡs, *leɡ).

Etymology

From *s- (extrovert/causative) + 易 (OC *leɡ, “to change”) + *-s (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): cì, sì

(Zhuyin): ㄘˋ, ㄙˋ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ci⁴

(Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): sí / cí

(Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): ciī
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ci³

(Dongguan, Jyutping++): sai³

(Taishan, Wiktionary): lhu¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): su

(Hailu, HRS): su^ˇ

(Meixian, Guangdong): si⁴
Jin (Wiktionary): si³
Northern Min (KCR): su̿
Eastern Min (BUC): sé̤ṳ
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): so⁴ / ser⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): sìr / sù

(Teochew, Peng'im): se³ / su³

(Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): su³
Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): ci³
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁵sy / ³sy / ⁵tshy
- (Jinhua): ⁵tshy
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): cr⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cì
  - Zhuyin: ㄘˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cìh
  - Wade–Giles: tzʻŭ⁴
  - Yale: tsz̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsyh
  - Palladius: цы (cy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sì
  - Zhuyin: ㄙˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sìh
  - Wade–Giles: ssŭ⁴
  - Yale: sz̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syh
  - Palladius: сы (sy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: ci⁴
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: c
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩²¹³/
- (Xi'an)
  - Guanzhong Pinyin: sí / cí
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩²⁴/, /t͡sʰz̩²⁴/
- (Nanjing)
  - Nanjing Pinyin: ciī
  - Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): cii⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩⁴⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: ci³
  - Yale: chi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsi³
  - Guangdong Romanization: qi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː³³/
- (Dongguan, Guancheng)
  - Jyutping++: sai³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi³²/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: lhu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬu³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: su
  - Hakka Romanization System: su
  - Hagfa Pinyim: su⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /su⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: su^ˇ
  - Sinological IPA: /su¹¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: si⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /sz̩⁵³/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: si³
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /sz̩⁴⁵/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: su̿
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /su³³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: sé̤ṳ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /søy²¹³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian, Jiangkou, Nanri, Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: so⁴
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: seo̍
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬo⁴²/
- (Youyang)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: so⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /θo⁴²/
- (Fengting)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ser⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬɤ⁴²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sìr
  - Tâi-lô: sìr
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sù
  - Tâi-lô: sù
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sux
  - IPA (Taipei): /su¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /su²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: se³ / su³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sṳ̀ / sù
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɯ²¹³/, /su²¹³/

Note:

se3 - Chaozhou;
su3 - Chaoyang, Puning, Huilai.

(Leizhou)
- Leizhou Pinyin: su³
- Sinological IPA: /su²¹/

Southern Pinghua
- (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
  - Jyutping++: ci³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰi⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai, Jiading, Songjiang, Chongming, Hangzhou, Shaoxing, Ningbo)
  - Wugniu: ⁵sy
  - MiniDict: sy^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²sr
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sz̩³⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Jiading): /sz̩³⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Songjiang): /sz̩³⁵/
  - Sinological IPA (Chongming): /sz̩³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /sz̩⁴⁵/
  - Sinological IPA (Shaoxing): /sz̩³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /sz̩⁵⁵/
- (Northern: Suzhou, Zhoushan)
  - Wugniu: ³sy
  - MiniDict: sy^上
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /sz̩⁵¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhoushan): /sz̩³⁵/
- (Northern: Jiaxing, Hangzhou)
  - Wugniu: ⁵tshy
  - MiniDict: tshy^去
  - Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /t͡sʰz̩³³⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /t͡sʰz̩⁴⁵/
- (Jinhua)
  - Wugniu: ⁵tshy
  - Sinological IPA (Jinhua): /t͡sʰz̩⁵⁵/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: cr⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩⁴⁵/

Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 賜
Mandarin	Beijing	/t͡sʰz̩⁵³/
	Harbin	/sz̩⁵³/
	Tianjin	/t͡sʰz̩⁵³/
	Jinan	/sz̩²¹/
	Qingdao	/sz̩⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/sz̩³¹²/
	Xi'an	/sz̩²⁴/
	Xining	/t͡sʰz̩²¹³/
	Yinchuan	/t͡sʰz̩¹³/
	Lanzhou	/sz̩¹³/ /t͡sʰz̩¹³/
	Ürümqi	/t͡sʰz̩²¹³/
	Wuhan	/t͡sʰz̩³⁵/
	Chengdu	/t͡sʰz̩¹³/
	Guiyang	/t͡sʰz̩²¹³/
	Kunming	/t͡sʰz̩²¹²/
	Nanjing	/t͡sʰz̩⁴⁴/
	Hefei	/t͡sʰz̩⁵³/
Jin	Taiyuan	/sz̩¹¹/
	Pingyao	/t͡sʰz̩³⁵/
	Hohhot	/t͡sʰz̩⁵⁵/
Wu	Shanghai	/sz̩³⁵/
	Suzhou	/sz̩⁵¹³/
	Hangzhou	/sz̩⁴⁴⁵/
	Wenzhou	/sz̩⁴²/
Hui	Shexian	/t͡sʰz̩³²⁴/
Hui	Tunxi	/t͡sʰz̩⁴²/
Xiang	Changsha	/t͡sʰz̩⁵⁵/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/t͡sʰz̩⁵⁵/
Gan	Nanchang
Hakka	Meixian	/sz̩⁵³/
Hakka	Taoyuan
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/t͡sʰi³³/
	Nanning	/t͡sʰz̩³³/
	Hong Kong	/t͡sʰi³³/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/su²¹/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/søy²¹²/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/su³³/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/sɯ²¹³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/si³⁵/

Middle Chinese: sjeH

Rime
Character	賜
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	支 (11)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	斯義切
Baxter	sjeH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/siᴇ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/siɛ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/sjɛ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/siə̆^H/
Li Rong	/sie^H/
Wang Li	/sǐe^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/sie̯^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	si³

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*s-lek-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*sleːɡs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	賜
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	cì
Middle Chinese	‹ sje^H ›
Old Chinese	/*s-lek-s/
English	give
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	賜
Reading #	1/1
No.	15026
Phonetic component	易
Rime group
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*sleːɡs/

Definitions

賜

to give from superior to inferior; to give as a favor; to bestow
a surname

Compounds

不吝賜教 / 不吝赐教 (bùlìncìjiào)
天官賜福 / 天官赐福
天賜 / 天赐 (tiāncì)
天賜遐齡 / 天赐遐龄
封侯賜爵 / 封侯赐爵
御賜 / 御赐 (yùcì)
恩賜 / 恩赐 (ēncì)
惠賜 / 惠赐
拜賜 / 拜赐
敕賜 / 敕赐
早賜玉音 / 早赐玉音
欽賜 / 钦赐
白毫之賜 / 白毫之赐
綈袍之賜 / 绨袍之赐
賜予 / 赐予 (cìyǔ)
賜假 / 赐假
賜光 / 赐光
賜卹 / 赐卹
賜名 / 赐名
賜告 / 赐告
賜姓 / 赐姓 (cìxìng)
賜宴 / 赐宴 (cìyàn)
賜履 / 赐履
賜帛 / 赐帛
賜復 / 赐复
賜教 / 赐教 (cìjiào)
賜死 / 赐死 (cìsǐ)
賜爵 / 赐爵 (cìjué)
賜環 / 赐环
賜示 / 赐示
賜福 / 赐福 (cìfú)
賜紫 / 赐紫
賞賜 / 赏赐 (shǎngcì)
賜酺 / 赐酺
賜顧 / 赐顾 (cìgù)
速賜康 / 速赐康

References

“賜”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
“賜”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
李如龙 [Li, Ru-long], 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu], 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying], 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019) “赐”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 159.

Japanese

Kanji

賜

(Jōyō kanji)

to give, to bestow
to be given, to be honored with
gift, boon, results

Readings

Go-on: し (shi, Jōyō)
Kan-on: し (shi, Jōyō)
Kun: たまわる (tamawaru, 賜る, Jōyō)、たまう (tamau, 賜う)、たまもの (tamamono, 賜)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
賜
たまもの Grade: S
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 賜 – see the following entry.

【たまもの】

[noun] received gift

Alternative spelling
賜物

(This term, 賜, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

賜 • (sa) (hangeul 사, revised sa, McCune–Reischauer sa, Yale sa)

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Old Korean

Suffix

賜 (*-si)

An honorific suffix for verbs and adjectives indicating that the subject of the sentence or the direct possessor of it is honored; it attaches directly to the stem, preceding all other suffixes.

Descendants

Middle Korean: -으시〮- (-ùsí-)/-ᄋᆞ시〮- (-òsí-)
- Early Modern Korean: -으시- (-usi-)
  - Korean: -으시- (-eusi-)
  - → Jeju: -으시- (-eusi-)

Vietnamese

Han character

賜: Hán Nôm readings: tứ

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