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Translingual
Han character
貽 (Kangxi radical 154, 貝+5, 12 strokes, cangjie input 月金戈口 (BCIR), four-corner 63860, composition ⿰貝台)
- give to, hand down, bequeath
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1207, character 6
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36719
- Dae Jaweon: page 1670, character 11
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3636, character 8
- Unihan data for U+8CBD
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 胎
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*l̥ʰɯː
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| 台
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*l̥ʰɯː, *l'ɯː, *l'ɯː, *lɯ
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| 邰
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*l̥ʰɯː
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| 鮐
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*l̥ʰɯː, *lɯ
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| 孡
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*l̥ʰɯː
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| 苔
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*l'ɯː
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| 抬
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*l'ɯː
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| 駘
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*l'ɯː, *l'ɯːʔ
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| 炱
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*l'ɯː
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| 菭
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*l'ɯː, *l'i
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| 跆
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*l'ɯː
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| 殆
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*l'ɯːʔ
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| 怠
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*l'ɯːʔ
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| 迨
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*l'ɯːʔ
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| 紿
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*l'ɯːʔ
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| 詒
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*l'ɯːʔ, *lɯ
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| 軩
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*l'ɯːʔ
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| 咍
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*hlɯː
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| 佁
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*lɯːʔ, *l̥ʰɯs, *lɯʔ
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| 枲
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*slɯʔ
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| 辝
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*ljɯ
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| 鈶
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*ljɯʔ
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| 笞
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*l̥ʰɯ
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| 齝
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*l̥ʰɯ, *hljɯ
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| 眙
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*l̥ʰɯs, *lɯ
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| 治
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*l'ɯ, *l'ɯs, *l'is
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| 始
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*hljɯʔ
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| 怡
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*lɯ
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| 貽
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*lɯ
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| 飴
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*lɯ
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| 瓵
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*lɯ
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| 珆
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*li
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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貽
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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yí
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ yi ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*lə/
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| English
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to present, give
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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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貽
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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12293
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Phonetic
component
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台
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Rime
group
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之
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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飴
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Old
Chinese
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/*lɯ/
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Definitions
貽
- to give as a present
靜女其孌、貽我彤管。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
静女其娈、贻我彤管。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Jìngnǚ qí luán, yí wǒ tóng guǎn.
- How handsome is the retiring girl! She presented to me a red tube.
- to hand down; to leave behind
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
貽
(Hyōgai kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
貽 (eum 이 (i))
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Vietnamese
Han character
貽: Hán Nôm readings: di
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References