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賜
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇯🇵🇰🇷
赐
🇨🇳

grant

HSK 10 N1
Society →Economy
cì
シ
たまわ.る、たま.う、たも.う
사
Phonosemantic compound. 貝 represents the meaning and 易 represents the sound.
Components
貝 shellfish+ 易 easy =
賜 grant
貝 Meaning component
shellfish
Shells were used as currency in ancient China.
易 Phonetic component
yì easy
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Notes
Similar Characters
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
Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Bronze
Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
赐
Regular
Modern
Chinese
赐 / 賜 [cì]
to confer; to bestow; to grant
Japanese
賜物 、 賜 、 賚 (rare) たまもの 同音

noun

  1. gift; boon; godsend
  2. (good) result; fruit (e.g. of one's efforts)
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
今回の成果はひとえに彼の獅子奮迅の働きの賜物でしょう。
Our latest results are the fruit of his furious efforts.
Japanese Names
賜 たまう
Tamau female given name
賜 たもう
Tamou surname
CHINESE WORDS (14)
赐予 [cì​yǔ] #5,025
to grant
恩赐 [ēn​cì] #11,738
favor
赏赐 [shǎng​cì] #30,988
to bestow
赐给 [cì​gěi] #22,929
to bestow
赐福 [cì​fú] #16,565
to bless
天赐 [tiān​cì] #41,331
bestowed by heaven
赐死 [cì​sǐ] #45,714
to commit suicide on the orders of a sovereign (old)
赐姓 [cì​xìng] #54,669
to bestow a surname (of emperor conferring favor on ethnic group)
颁赐 [bān​cì] #60,685
to award (a prize)
御赐 [yù​cì]
to be bestowed, conferred, or granted by the emperor
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JAPANESE WORDS (20)
⭐ 承る [うけたまわる] #11,663
to hear
賜る [たまわる] #12,086
to be given
給う [たまう] #12,668
to give
賜物 [たまもの] #18,246
gift
下賜 [かし] #31,019
grant
与え給う [あたえたもう] #52,392
to bestow (esp. of a god)
努力の賜物 [どりょくのたまもの] #55,144
fruit of one's labor
⭐ 恩賜 [おんし] #78,112
Imperial gift
賜り物 [たまわりもの] #103,030
boon
賜暇 [しか] #140,873
furlough
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