貨賂

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See also: 货赂

Chinese

goods; money; commodity bribe; bribery
trad. (貨賂)
simp. (货赂)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (32) (37)
Final () (95) (23)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () I I
Fanqie
Baxter xwaH luH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/huɑH/ /luoH/
Pan
Wuyun
/huɑH/ /luoH/
Shao
Rongfen
/xuɑH/ /loH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/hwaH/ /lɔH/
Li
Rong
/xuɑH/ /loH/
Wang
Li
/xuɑH/ /luH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/xuɑH/ /luoH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
huò
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
fo3 lou6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
huò
Middle
Chinese
‹ xwaH › ‹ luH ›
Old
Chinese
/*qʷʰˁaj-s/ /*ˁak-s/
English (movable) property, goods wealth; present (v.)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 5325 3858
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*hŋʷaːls/ /*ɡ·raːɡs/

Noun

貨賂

  1. (archaic) one's property
  2. (archaic) bribe

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4

Grade: S
kan'on

Etymology

From Literary Chinese 貨賂 (huòlù).

Noun

()() (karoくわろ (kwaro)?

  1. (archaic) gifts of money, jewelry, etc, especially giving money to someone for the purpose to make a profit; bribe
    Synonym: 賄賂 (wairo)