To sell 賣 a soul for money 貝; 賣 also provides the pronunciation
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寶 treasure (trad)得 must負 defeated (trad/jp)貪 greedy (trad/jp)貫 pierce (trad/jp)買 buy (trad/jp)賏 pearls or shells賓 visitor (trad/jp)唄 song (trad/jp)敗 fail (trad/jp)狽 short (trad)賊 burglar (trad/jp)贅 unnecessary (trad)鋇 barium (trad)嗩 flute-like (trad)真 true財 riches (trad/jp)貢 tribute (trad/jp)貧 impoverished (trad/jp)貨 commodities (trad/jp)
Historical Evolution
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Bronze
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
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Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
贖
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
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Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
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Regular
Modern
Chinese
赎 / 贖 [shú]
to redeem; to ransom
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (13)
赎回 [shúhuí] #12,925
to redeem
赎金 [shújīn] #6,282
ransom
赎罪 [shúzuì] #8,152
to atone for one's crime
将功赎罪 [jiānggōngshúzuì] #55,659
to atone for one's crimes by meritorious acts
赎款 [shúkuǎn] #64,687
ransom
掳人勒赎 [lǔrénlèshú] #66,549
kidnapping for ransom
找赎 [zhǎoshú]
(dialect) to give change
救赎 [jiùshú]
to save (a soul)
救赎主 [jiùshúzhǔ]
Redeemer
苦行赎罪 [kǔxíngshúzuì]
penance (to atone for a sin)
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JAPANESE WORDS (9)
贖罪 [しょくざい] #18,258
atonement
贖う [あがなう] #33,773
to atone for
贖い [あがない] #73,522
atonement
贖罪の日 [しょくざいのひ] #151,525
Yom Kippur
贖宥状 [しょくゆうじょう] #160,297
indulgence (religious)
贖罪の山羊 [しょくざいのやぎ] #183,337
sacrificial goat
贖罪意識 [しょくざいいしき] #205,501
sense of atonement
贖宥 [しょくゆう] #241,311
indulgence (in the Catholic Church)
贖罪の羊 [しょくざいのひつじ] #292,030
sacrificial lamb
KOREAN WORDS (1)