贄

贄 U+8D04, 贄 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8D04 ← 贃 [U+8D03] CJK Unified Ideographs 贅 → [U+8D05]

贄 (Kangxi radical 154, 貝+11, 18 strokes, cangjie input 土戈月山金 (GIBUC), four-corner 4580₆, composition ⿱執貝)

1. gift (presented to a senior at one’s first visit)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1211, character 46
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36907
• Dae Jaweon: page 1678, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3656, character 7
• Unihan data for U+8D04

trad.		贄
simp.		贽

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tjibs) : phonetic 執 (OC *tjib) + semantic 貝 (“valuable”)

贄

1. gift (present typically carried by the visitor for ceremonious occasions)

(Hyōgai kanji)

• On (unclassified): し (shi)
• Kun: にえ (nie, 贄)^{←にへ (nife, 贄, historical)}

Names

Kanji in this term
贄
にえ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
牲 嘗

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贄(にえ) • (nie) ^{←にへ (nife)?}

1. an offering to the gods
2. a gift
3. a sacrifice

贄 • (ji) (hangeul 지, revised ji, McCune–Reischauer chi, Yale ci)

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贄: Hán Nôm readings: chí

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