See also:
U+8CD5, 賕
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8CD5

[U+8CD4]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+8CD6]

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 154, +7, 14 strokes, cangjie input 月金戈十水 (BCIJE), four-corner 63832, composition )

  1. bribe

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1209, character 3
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36793
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3641, character 16
  • Unihan data for U+8CD5

Chinese

trad.
simp.

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *ɡu) : semantic (shell; money) + phonetic (OC *ɡu)

Etymology

Possibly related to (OC *ɡu, “to beg; to request”) (Liu, 1999).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (30)
Final () (136)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter gjuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɡɨu/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɡiu/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɡiəu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/guw/
Li
Rong
/ɡiu/
Wang
Li
/ɡĭəu/
Bernard
Karlgren
/gi̯ə̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
qiú
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
kau4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 10563
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
𧚍
Old
Chinese
/*ɡu/

Definitions

  1. bribe
  2. graft

Compounds

  • 受賕枉法受赇枉法
  • 招權納賕招权纳赇
  • 行賕行赇 (xíngqiú)
  • 賕謁赇谒

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. bribe

Readings

  • On (unclassified): きゅう (kyū); (ku)
  • Kun: まいない (mainai)
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