賄

See also: 贿

賄 U+8CC4, 賄 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8CC4 ← 賃 [U+8CC3] CJK Unified Ideographs 賅 → [U+8CC5]

Translingual

Stroke order

Stroke order (Japan)

Han character

賄 (Kangxi radical 154, 貝+6, 13 strokes, cangjie input 月金大月 (BCKB), four-corner 6482₇, composition ⿰貝有)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1208, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36745
• Dae Jaweon: page 1671, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3638, character 3
• Unihan data for U+8CC4

Chinese

trad.		賄
simp.		贿

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
絠	*kɯːʔ
醢	*qʰɯːʔ
珛	*qʰʷɯs
栯	*ɢʷɯʔ, *qʷɯ
有	*ɢʷɯʔ
友	*ɢʷɯʔ
右	*ɢʷɯʔ, *ɢʷɯs
宥	*ɢʷɯs
囿	*ɢʷɯs, *ɡʷɯ
侑	*ɢʷɯs
酭	*ɢʷɯs
姷	*ɢʷɯs
又	*ɢʷɯs
佑	*ɢʷɯs
祐	*ɢʷɯs
賄	*qʰʷɯːʔ
蛕	*qʰʷɯːʔ, *ɡʷɯː
烠	*ɡʷɯː
倄	*ɢraːw, *ɢʷɯːʔ
鮪	*ɢʷɯʔ
洧	*ɢʷɯʔ
痏	*ɢʷɯʔ
郁	*qʷɯ
戫	*qʷɯ
哊	*ɡʷɯ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qʰʷɯːʔ): semantic 貝 (“cowry; money”) + phonetic 有 (OC *ɢʷɯʔ).

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): huì, huǐ (hui⁴, hui³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˋ, ㄏㄨㄟˇ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): hui⁴

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): kui² / fui²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): hoi²

• Gan (Wiktionary): fii³
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): fi

  (Hailu, HRS): fui^ˇ

  (Meixian, Guangdong): yu⁴ / fi⁴

  (Changting, Changting Pinyin): fe⁴

• Jin (Wiktionary): hui³
• Northern Min (KCR): ho̿
• Eastern Min (BUC): uōi
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): huei³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hé / hér / hóe / hòe

  (Teochew, Peng'im): iu⁶

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵hue
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): fei³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huì
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huèi
    • Wade–Giles: hui⁴
    • Yale: hwèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huey
    • Palladius: хуэй (xuej)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huěi
    • Wade–Giles: hui³
    • Yale: hwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hoei
    • Palladius: хуэй (xuej)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: hui⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xui
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xuei²¹³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: kui² / fui²
    • Yale: kúi / fúi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kui² / fui²
    • Guangdong Romanization: kui² / fui²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰuːi̯³⁵/, /fuːi̯³⁵/

Note: fui2 - rare variant.

• • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: hoi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hᵘɔi⁵⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: fii³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɨi²¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fi
    • Hakka Romanization System: fi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /fi⁵⁵/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: fui^ˇ
    • Sinological IPA: /fui¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: yu⁴ / fi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /iu⁵³/, /fi⁵³/
  • (Changting)
    • Changting Pinyin: fe⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /fe⁵⁴/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: hui³
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /xuei⁴⁵/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ho̿
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xo³³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: uōi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ui³³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: huei³
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: hôi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /huei⁴⁵³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: huei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /huei³³²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hé
    • Tâi-lô: hé
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hea
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /he⁵³/
    • IPA (Philippines): /he⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hér
    • Tâi-lô: hér
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hə⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hóe
    • Tâi-lô: hué
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoea
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hue⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /hue⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hue⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hòe
    • Tâi-lô: huè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoex
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hue²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hue¹¹/

Note:

• Xiamen, Quanzhou:
  • hóe - literary;
  • hé/hér - vernacular.

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: iu⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iŭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iu³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵hue
    • MiniDict: hue^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²hue
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /hue³⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: fei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɸe̞i̯⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: xwojX

Rime
Character	賄
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	灰 (42)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	呼罪切
Baxter	xwojX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/huʌiX/
Pan Wuyun	/huoiX/
Shao Rongfen	/xuɒiX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hwəjX/
Li Rong	/xuᴀiX/
Wang Li	/xuɒiX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/xuɑ̆iX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fui2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*qʷʰˤəʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰʷɯːʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	賄
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	huì
Middle Chinese	‹ xwojX ›
Old Chinese	/*qʷʰˁəʔ/
English	property, valuables
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	賄
Reading #	1/1
No.	15607
Phonetic component	又
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	賄
Old Chinese	/*qʰʷɯːʔ/

Definitions

賄

1. (literary) property; belongings
2. (literary) to give a gift
3. to bribe
4. bribe

   受賄／受贿  ―  shòuhuì  ―  to accept a bribe

Compounds

• 冒賄 / 冒贿
• 受賄 / 受贿 (shòuhuì)
• 器賄 / 器贿
• 孥賄 / 孥贿
• 寶賄 / 宝贿
• 居賄 / 居贿
• 徵賄 / 征贿
• 招權納賄 / 招权纳贿
• 攬權納賄 / 揽权纳贿
• 收賄 / 收贿
• 政以賄成 / 政以贿成
• 方賄 / 方贿
• 珍賄 / 珍贿
• 私賄 / 私贿
• 積賄 / 积贿
• 索賄 / 索贿 (suǒhuì)
• 納賄 / 纳贿
• 臧賄 / 臧贿
• 苞苴賄賂 / 苞苴贿赂
• 行賄 / 行贿 (xínghuì)
• 財賄 / 财贿
• 貪財好賄 / 贪财好贿
• 貪賄 / 贪贿
• 責賄 / 责贿
• 貨賄 / 货贿
• 貨賄公行 / 货贿公行
• 貪賄無藝 / 贪贿无艺
• 貲賄 / 赀贿
• 買賄 / 买贿
• 賄串 / 贿串
• 賄交 / 贿交
• 賄免 / 贿免
• 賄和 / 贿和
• 賄單 / 贿单
• 賄囑 / 贿嘱
• 賄幣 / 贿币
• 賄庇 / 贿庇
• 賄政 / 贿政
• 賄款 / 贿款 (huìkuǎn)
• 賄求 / 贿求
• 賄漏 / 贿漏
• 賄營 / 贿营
• 賄縱 / 贿纵
• 賄脫 / 贿脱
• 賄託 / 贿托
• 賄謝 / 贿谢
• 賄財 / 贿财
• 賄貨 / 贿货
• 賄貨公行 / 贿货公行
• 賄買 / 贿买
• 資賄 / 资贿
• 賂賄 / 赂贿
• 賄賂 / 贿赂 (huìlù)
• 賄賂公行 / 贿赂公行
• 賄賂并行 / 贿赂并行
• 賄賕 / 贿赇
• 賄賣 / 贿卖
• 賄贈 / 贿赠
• 賄通 / 贿通
• 賄遺 / 贿遗
• 賄選 / 贿选 (huìxuǎn)
• 賄門 / 贿门
• 賄雇
• 賕賄 / 赇贿
• 贈賄 / 赠贿
• 贓賄 / 赃贿
• 贓賄狼籍 / 赃贿狼籍
• 贓賄狼藉 / 赃贿狼借
• 通賄 / 通贿
• 遷賄 / 迁贿
• 重賄 / 重贿
• 黷賄 / 黩贿

References

• “賄”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• 周存 [Zhōu, Cún], editor (2023), “贿”, in 长汀话词典 CHANGTINGHUA CIDIAN [Dictionary of Changting Dialect] (overall work in Hakka and Mandarin), Guangzhou: 世界图书出版有限公司 [World Book Publishing Co., Ltd.], →ISBN, page 187.

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 賄

賄

(Jōyō kanji)

1. to pay
2. to supply

Readings

• Go-on: け (ke)
• Kan-on: かい (kai)
• Kan’yō-on: わい (wai, Jōyō)
• Kun: まかなう (makanau, 賄う, Jōyō)、まいなう (mainau, 賄う)、まかない (makanai)

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 賄 (MC xwojX). Recorded as Middle Korean 회〯 (hwǒy) (Yale: hwoy) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

賄

賄 (eumhun 뇌물(賂物) 회)
賄 (eumhun 재물(財物) 회)

1. hanja form^? of 회 (“bribe; bribery”)
2. hanja form^? of 회 (“property; belongings”)

Compounds

• 수회 (收賄, suhoe)
• 자회 (資賄, jahoe)
• 증회 (贈賄, jeunghoe)
• 회뢰 (賄賂, hoeroe)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

賄: Hán Nôm readings: hối

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