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Translingual
賀 in several fonts
Han character
賀 (Kangxi radical 154, 貝 +5, 12 strokes, cangjie input 大口月山金 (KRBUC ), four-corner 46806 , composition ⿱加 貝 )
Derived characters
Descendants
References
Kangxi Dictionary: page 1207 , character 12
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36725
Dae Jaweon: page 1671, character 2
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3636, character 4
Unihan data for U+8CC0
Chinese
Glyph origin
Old Chinese
妿
*kaːl, *qaːl
賀
*ɡaːls
迦
*ka, *kal, *kraːl
茄
*ɡa, *ɡal, *kraːl
伽
*ɡa, *ɡal
枷
*ɡa, *ɡal, *kraːl
嘉
*kraːl
加
*kraːl
笳
*kraːl
痂
*kraːl
袈
*kraːl
跏
*kraːl
珈
*kraːl
鴐
*kraːl
架
*kraːls
駕
*kraːls
瘸
*ɡʷal
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声 , OC *ɡaːls ) : phonetic 加 ( OC *kraːl) + semantic 貝 ( “ shellfish money ” ) .
Pronunciation
Note : ho3 - variant (rare).
Baxter –Sagart system 1.1 (2014 )
Character
賀
Reading #
1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
hè
Middle Chinese
‹ haH ›
Old Chinese
/*m-kˁaj-s/
English
congratulate
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
賀
Reading #
1/1
No.
5862
Phonetic component
加
Rime group
歌
Rime subdivision
1
Corresponding MC rime
賀
Old Chinese
/*ɡaːls/
Definitions
賀
to congratulate
慶賀 / 庆贺 ― qìnghè ― to celebrate; congratulate
a surname
賀 知 章 / 贺 知 章 ― Hè Zhīzhāng ― He Zhizhang / He Chih-chang (a Chinese poet, one of the Eight Immortals of the Wine Cup)
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
賀
(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji )
congratulate, greet, celebrate
Readings
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 賀 (MC haH ).
Pronunciation
Noun
賀( が ) • (ga )
賀( いわい ) • (iwai )
congratulation
References
Korean
Hanja
賀 • (ha ) (hangeul 하 , revised ha, McCune–Reischauer ha, Yale ha)
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Vietnamese
Han character
賀 : Hán Nôm readings: hạ
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