賕
qiú

bribe

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɡu

說文解字

以財物枉法相謝也。从貝求聲。一曰戴質也。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

赇 qiú bribe Simplified

To beseech 求 with money 贝; 求 also provides the pronunciation

Components

贝
贝 Meaning component
bèi sea shell
求
求 SoundMeaning component
qiú seek

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode