Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Animals & Wildlife

賜: grant, gift

Also: boon, results

JLPT N115 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

貝 carries the meaning · 易 gives the sound

15 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

シshi · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 賜杯しはいEmperor's cup; trophy given by the Emperor
  • 恩賜おんしImperial gift

Special readingsThese words are read as a whole, not from the readings above.

  • 賜たまものgift; boon; godsend

Also read たまわる, たまう, たもう, with no example words in our sources. 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.”
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
賜 grant · 易
vs賭 gamble · 者
賜 has 易 where 賭 has 者.
In ChineseSimplified 赐 · traditional, as in Japanese · cì

Japan keeps the traditional form 賜; mainland China simplifies it to 赐.

Simplified
赐 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
賜 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin cì 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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