贄

See also: 贽

贄	U+8D04, 贄 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8D04

← 贃
[U+8D03]

CJK Unified Ideographs

贅 →
[U+8D05]

Translingual

Han character

贄 (Kangxi radical 154, 貝+11, 18 strokes, cangjie input 土戈月山金 (GIBUC), four-corner 4580₆, composition ⿱執貝)

gift (presented to a senior at one’s first visit)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1211, character 46
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36907
Dae Jaweon: page 1678, character 1
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3656, character 7
Unihan data for U+8D04

Chinese

trad.		贄
simp.		贽

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
騺	*tibs
摯	*tjibs
贄	*tjibs
鷙	*tjibs
墊	tiːms, diːb
慹	tjeb, ndiːb, sdib, tjib
謺	*tjeb
褺	*diːb
蓻	*stib
縶	*tib
漐	*tʰib
蟄	*dib
執	*tjib
瓡	*tjib

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *tjibs): phonetic 執 (OC *tjib) + semantic 貝 (“valuable”)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhì (zhi⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄓˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhì
  - Zhuyin: ㄓˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhìh
  - Wade–Giles: chih⁴
  - Yale: jr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyh
  - Palladius: чжи (čži)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: zi³
  - Yale: ji
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi³
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³³/

Middle Chinese: tsyijH

Rime
Character	贄
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	脂利切
Baxter	tsyijH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕiɪ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕjɪ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ci^H/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕi^H/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕi^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zi³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*tjibs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	贄
Reading #	1/1
No.	17277
Phonetic component	執
Rime group	位
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	至
Old Chinese	/*tjibs/

Definitions

贄

gift (present typically carried by the visitor for ceremonious occasions)

Compounds

執贄 / 执贽
贄敬 / 贽敬
贄見 / 贽见 (zhìjiàn)
贄見禮 / 贽见礼

Japanese

Kanji

贄

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

On (unclassified): し (shi)
Kun: にえ (nie, 贄)^{←にへ (nife, 贄, historical)}

Compounds

生贄(いけにえ) (ikenie)
稲贄(いなべ) (inabe)
大贄(おおにえ) (ōnie)
贄幣(しへい) (shihei)
贄海神事(にえうみのしんじ) (nieumi no shinji)
贄川(にえかわ) (niekawa)
贄狩(にえがり) (niegari)
贄使(にえづかい) (niezukai)
贄殿(にえどの) (niedono)
贄人(にえびと) (niebito)
贄湾(にえわん) (niewan)
早贄(はやにえ) (hayanie)
速贄(はやにえ) (hayanie)

Names

Names with 贄

李贄(りし) (rishi)
陸贄(りくし) (rikushi)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
贄
にえ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
牲嘗

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Noun

贄(にえ) • (nie) ^{←にへ (nife)^?}

an offering to the gods
a gift
a sacrifice

Korean

Hanja

贄 • (ji) (hangeul 지, revised ji, McCune–Reischauer chi, Yale ci)

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Vietnamese

Han character

贄: Hán Nôm readings: chí

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