賭 — Edit Snapshot — Chinese Character Wiki

dǔ HSK6

bet, gamble

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

Components

貝 Meaning component

In ancient China, shells were used as currency.

者 Sound component

Change in sound

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

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	tuX	mə.tˤaʔ	wager

《說文新附》：“賭，博簺也。从貝，者聲。”