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賂: bribe

N1 (our estimate)13 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

貝 carries the meaning · 各 is drawn in

13 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

ロro · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 賄賂わいろbribe; sweetener; douceur
  • 賄賂罪わいろざい(crime of) bribery

まいなうmainau · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 賂まいないbribe

Also read まいない, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Treasure the moment! This radical represents the very origins of commerce and the primal concept of wealth.”
More in the 貝 shell story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
貝

Also built on shell (貝)

All 38
各

Also built on each (各)

Also read ロ

7 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
賂 bribe · 各
vs貼 stick · 占
賂 has 各 where 貼 has 占.
In ChineseSimplified 赂 · traditional, as in Japanese · lù

Japan keeps the traditional form 賂; mainland China simplifies it to 赂.

Simplified
赂 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
賂 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin lù most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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