漢字Kanji · in Animals & Wildlife
賄: bribe, board
Also: supply, finance
JLPT N113 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
貝 carries the meaning · 有 gives the sound
13 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
ワイwai · on'yomi · in compounds
- 収賄しゅうわいaccepting a bribe
- 贈賄ぞうわいgiving a bribe; bribery
- 賄賂わいろbribe; sweetener; douceur
- 贈収賄ぞうしゅうわいbribery; corruption
まかなうmakanau · kun'yomi · on its own
- 賄うまかなうto supply (goods, money, etc.)
- 賄いまかないboarding (someone); catering
Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
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.”
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Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
有
Also built on possess (有)
The 有 sound family doesn't share one reading.
In ChineseSimplified 贿 · traditional, as in Japanese · huì
Japan keeps the traditional form 賄; mainland China simplifies it to 贿.
- Simplified
- 贿 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 賄 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin huì 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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