Hanja Analyzer
贄

贄 — ji

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
폐백 지
Romanization
ji
English
gift to a superior; gift given at first meeting
Mandarin
zhì
Japanese on'yomi
シ, ゲチ, ゲツ, チュウ
Japanese kun'yomi
にえ
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
18
Radical
貝 (154, 11 residual)
Phonetic component
執
Unicode
U+8D04

Parts that make up 贄

  • 執 잡을 집sound 수갑 찬 죄인을 붙잡은 손잡다. ‘집·설’ 계열의 소리
  • 貝 조개 패 조개껍데기돈과 재물. 옛날에 조개를 돈으로 썼다

How 贄 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 贄 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 執, 貝.

Korean example words with 贄

  • 지현贄見 Korean gloss: 예전에, 선물을 가지고 찾아뵙던 일.
  • 치지하다致贄 Korean gloss: 예물을 보내어 신하가 되려고 하거나 신하가 되다.
  • 집지하다執贄 Korean gloss: 신하가 임금을 만날 때 예물을 가지고 가서 경의를 표하다.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 贄

  • 贄にえ offering (to the gods, emperor, etc.); gift; sacrifice
  • 生贄いけにえ (living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat
  • 速贄はやにえ butcher-bird prey impaled on twigs, thorns, etc. for later consumption; first offering of the season
  • 百舌の速贄もずのはやにえ butcher-bird prey impaled on twigs, thorns, etc. for later consumption

Characters sharing the phonetic 執

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “지”

Other hanja with radical 貝

Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences