賄
huì

bribe

To possess 有 wealth 貝

Components

貝
貝 Meaning component
bèi sea shell
有
有 Meaning component
yǒu have

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartxwojXqʷʰˤəʔproperty, valuables
Zhengzhangqʰʷɯːʔ

說文解字

財也。从貝有聲。

Sources

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

贿 huì bribe Simplified

To possess 有 wealth 贝

Components

贝
贝 Meaning component
bèi sea shell
有
有 Meaning component
yǒu have

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode