lài

give

Components

Sound component
lái come
Meaning component
bèi sea shell

money

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

give Traditional

Components

Sound component
lái come
Meaning component
bèi sea shell

money

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartlojH[r]ˤək-sgive, send
Zhengzhangrɯːs

說文解字

賜也。从貝來聲。《周書》曰:“賚尒秬鬯。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica