贺 — Edit Snapshot — Chinese Character Wiki

hèHè HSK5

congratulate

approved by Peter Olson · Jan 14, 2022, 12:42 AM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Jan 14, 2022, 12:42 AM

verify

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Phonosemantic compound. 贝 represents the meaning and 加 represents the sound. Simplified form of 賀.

Components

加 Sound component

Change in sound

贺 and 加 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.

贝 Meaning component

In ancient China shells were used as currency.