貰

See also: 贳

貰 U+8CB0, 貰 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8CB0 ← 貯 [U+8CAF] CJK Unified Ideographs 貱 → [U+8CB1]

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

• 𣽒, 𧸊, 勩, 𤺔

Descendants

• 贳

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

trad.		貰
simp.		贳

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (世) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
貰	*ɦljebs, *hljebs
跇	*l̥ʰebs, *lebs
迣	*ʔljebs
世	*hljebs
泄	*lebs, *sled
枻	*lebs
詍	*lebs
靾	*lebs
袣	*lebs
抴	*lebs, *led
呭	*lebs
勩	*lebs, *libs
屜	*l̥ʰeːbs
鰈	*l̥ʰaːb, *l'eːb
渫	*zreːb, *sled
煠	*zreːb, *l̥ʰeb, *leb
喋	*rlaːb, *ʔl'eːb, *l'eːb
鞢	*rlaːb, *sleːb
殜	*l'eb, *leb, *lab
葉	*hljeb, *leb
弽	*hljeb, *hleːb
韘	*hljeb, *sleːb
枼	*leb
楪	*leb
揲	*leb, *l'eːb, *ɦljed
鍱	*leb
偞	*leb, *hleːb
蝶	*l̥ʰeːb, *l'eːb
牒	*l'eːb
蹀	*l'eːb
諜	*l'eːb
堞	*l'eːb
牃	*l'eːb
褋	*l'eːb
惵	*l'eːb
碟	*l'eːb
屧	*sleːb
屟	*sleːb
紲	*sled
齛	*sled
疶	*sled
緤	*sled
媟	*sled

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

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shì (shi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shì
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìh
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴
    • Yale: shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyh
    • Palladius: ши (ši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: sai³
    • Yale: sai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯³³/

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• Middle Chinese: syejH, zyaeH

Rime
Character	貰	貰
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	書 (26)	船 (27)
Final (韻)	祭 (35)	麻 (100)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	舒制切	神夜切
Baxter	syejH	zyaeH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕiᴇiH/	/ʑiaH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕiɛiH/	/ʑiaH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕjæiH/	/ʑiaH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕiajH/	/ʑiaH/
Li Rong	/ɕiɛiH/	/d͡ʑiaH/
Wang Li	/ɕĭɛiH/	/d͡ʑĭaH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɕi̯ɛiH/	/d͡ʑʰi̯aH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shì	shè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sai3	se6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[l̥][a]p-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɦljebs/, /*hljebs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	貰
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shì
Middle Chinese	‹ syejH ›
Old Chinese	/*[l̥][a]p-s/
English	lend, borrow
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] 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	貰	貰
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	11534	11538
Phonetic component	世	世
Rime group	蓋	蓋
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	射	丗
Old Chinese	/*ɦljebs/	/*hljebs/

Definitions

貰

1. (literary) to buy on credit
2. (literary) to borrow; to lease
3. (literary) to loan; to lend
4. (literary) to pardon; to absolve

Compounds

• 假貰 / 假贳
• 傳貰 / 传贳 (chuánshì)
• 半傳貰 / 半传贳 (bànchuánshì)
• 容貰 / 容贳
• 寬貰 / 宽贳
• 月貰 / 月贳 (yuèshì)
• 朔月貰 / 朔月贳
• 誅故貰誤 / 诛故贳误
• 貰廛 / 贳廛
• 貰忍 / 贳忍
• 貰患 / 贳患
• 貰死 / 贳死
• 貰貣 / 贳𰷞
• 貸貰 / 贷贳
• 貰貸 / 贳贷
• 貰賬 / 贳账
• 貰赦 / 贳赦
• 貰過 / 贳过
• 貰酒 / 贳酒
• 貰錢 / 贳钱
• 賒貰 / 赊贳
• 赦貰 / 赦贳
• 金貂貰酒 / 金貂贳酒
• 降貰 / 降贳

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 貰

貰

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. I receive from you

Readings

• Go-on: せ (se)、じゃ (ja)
• Kan-on: せい (sei)、しゃ (sha)
• Kun: もらう (morau, 貰う)、かりる (kariru, 貰りる)、ゆるす (yurusu, 貰す)、おきのる (okinoru, 貰る)

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, 2015–2025

Korean

Hanja

貰 (eumhun 세낼 세 (senael se))

1. rent; (for) hire
2. loan

Compounds

• 연세 (年貰, yeonse)
• 월세 (月貰, wolse)

Vietnamese

Han character

貰: Hán Nôm readings: thởi

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