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Translingual
Han character
貰 (Kangxi radical 154, 貝+5, 12 strokes, cangjie input 心廿月山金 (PTBUC), four-corner 44806, composition ⿱世貝)
Derived characters
Descendants
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1206, character 10
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36699
- Dae Jaweon: page 1668, character 17
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3631, character 3
- Unihan data for U+8CB0
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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貰
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*ɦljebs, *hljebs
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跇
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*l̥ʰebs, *lebs
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迣
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*ʔljebs
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世
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*hljebs
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泄
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*lebs, *sled
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枻
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*lebs
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詍
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*lebs
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靾
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*lebs
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袣
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*lebs
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抴
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*lebs, *led
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呭
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*lebs
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勩
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*lebs, *libs
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屜
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*l̥ʰeːbs
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鰈
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*l̥ʰaːb, *l'eːb
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渫
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*zreːb, *sled
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煠
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*zreːb, *l̥ʰeb, *leb
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喋
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*rlaːb, *ʔl'eːb, *l'eːb
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鞢
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*rlaːb, *sleːb
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殜
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*l'eb, *leb, *lab
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葉
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*hljeb, *leb
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弽
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*hljeb, *hleːb
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韘
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*hljeb, *sleːb
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枼
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*leb
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楪
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*leb
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揲
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*leb, *l'eːb, *ɦljed
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鍱
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*leb
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偞
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*leb, *hleːb
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蝶
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*l̥ʰeːb, *l'eːb
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牒
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*l'eːb
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蹀
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*l'eːb
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諜
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*l'eːb
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堞
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*l'eːb
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牃
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*l'eːb
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褋
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*l'eːb
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惵
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*l'eːb
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碟
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*l'eːb
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屧
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*sleːb
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屟
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*sleːb
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紲
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*sled
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齛
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*sled
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疶
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*sled
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緤
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*sled
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媟
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*sled
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *ɦljebs, *hljebs) : phonetic 世 (OC *hljebs) + semantic 貝 (“cowrie, currency”).
Etymology
Schuessler (2007) minimally reconstructs 貰 (OC *lhas ~ *m-las) and proposes that it is derived from 賒 (OC *lha) with extrovert suffix *-s/*-h. See there for further etymology.
Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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貰
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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shì
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Middle Chinese
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‹ syejH ›
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Old Chinese
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/*p-s/
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English
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lend, borrow
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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.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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貰
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貰
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Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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No.
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11534
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11538
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Phonetic component
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世
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世
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Rime group
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蓋
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蓋
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Rime subdivision
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2
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2
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Corresponding MC rime
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射
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丗
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Old Chinese
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/*ɦljebs/
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/*hljebs/
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Definitions
貰
- (literary) to buy on credit
- (literary) to borrow; to lease
- (literary) to loan; to lend
- (literary) to pardon; to absolve
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
貰
(Jinmeiyō kanji)
- I receive from you
Readings
References
- 諸橋轍次 (Morohashi Tetsuji), chief ed. 大漢和辞典 (Dai Kan-Wa Jiten, “Comprehensive Chinese–Japanese Dictionary”). 13 vols. 1955–1960. Revised and enlarged ed. 1984–1986. Tokyo: Taishukan.
- “貰”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2024
Korean
Hanja
貰 (eumhun 세낼 세 (senael se))
- rent; (for) hire
- loan
Compounds
Vietnamese
Han character
貰: Hán Nôm readings: thởi
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