贄

See also: 贽

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

Translingual

Han character

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)

References

• KangXi: 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

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Chinese

trad.		贄
simp.		贽

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
騺	*tibs
摯	*tjibs
贄	*tjibs
鷙	*tjibs
墊	*tiːms, *diːb
慹	*tjeb, *ndiːb, *sdib, *tjib
謺	*tjeb
褺	*diːb
蓻	*stib
縶	*tib
漐	*tʰib
蟄	*dib
執	*tjib
瓡	*tjib

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhì (zhi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhì
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhìh
    • Wade–Giles: chih⁴
    • Yale: jr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyh
    • Palladius: чжи (čži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi³
    • Yale: ji
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³³/

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• Middle Chinese: /t͡ɕiɪ^H/

Rime
Character	贄
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	脂利切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕiɪH/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕiH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕjɪH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ciH/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiH/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zi3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*tjibs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	贄
Reading #	1/1
No.	17277
Phonetic component	執
Rime group	位
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	至
Old Chinese	/*tjibs/

Definitions

贄

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

Compounds

• 執贄／执贽
• 贄敬／贽敬

• 贄見／贽见 (zhìjiàn)

• 贄見禮／贽见礼

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Japanese

Kanji

贄

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

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

Compounds

Compounds with 贄

• 生贄(いけにえ) (ikenie)
• 稲贄(いなべ) (inabe)
• 大贄(おおにえ) (ōnie)
• 贄幣(しへい) (shihei)
• 贄海神事(にえうみのしんじ) (nieumi no shinji)
• 贄川(にえかわ) (niekawa)
• 贄狩(にえがり) (niegari)
• 贄使(にえづかい) (niezukai)
• 贄殿(にえどの) (niedono)
• 贄人(にえびと) (niebito)
• 贄湾(にえわん) (niewan)
• 早贄(はやにえ) (hayanie)
• 速贄(はやにえ) (hayanie)

Names

Names with 贄

• 李贄(りし) (rishi)
• 陸贄(りくし) (rikushi)

Noun

贄(にえ) • (nie) ^{←にへ (nife)?}

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

Alternative forms

• 牲

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

贄: Hán Nôm readings: chí

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