賜
cìsì HSK7

give

Phonosemantic compound. 貝 represents the meaning and 易 represents the sound.

Components

貝
貝 Meaning component
bèi sea shell

Shells were used as currency in ancient China.

易
易 Sound component
yì easy
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartsjeHs-lek-s give

說文解字

《說文》：“賜，予也。从貝，易聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

赐 cì give Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 贝 represents the meaning and 易 represents the sound. Simplified form of 賜.

Components

贝
贝 Meaning component
bèi sea shell

Shells were used as currency in ancient China.

易
易 Sound component
yì easy
Change in sound

Historical Pronunciations

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode