赂
lù HSK7

bribe

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Readings & variants
Unicode

賂 bribe Traditional

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

Components

貝
貝 Meaning component
bèi sea shell
各
各 Sound component
gè each

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartluH[r]ˤak-swealth; present (v.)
Zhengzhangɡ·raːɡs

說文解字

遺也。从貝各聲。

Sources

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