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赐

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(bound form) to confer; to bestow; to grant; (literary) gift; favor; Taiwan pr. [si4]

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Strokes
12
Radical
貝 +8
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
賜
Common rank
#2,359
Unicode
U+8D50

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Formation & memory

Break the character into parts you already know.

How 赐 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

贝 meaning “money” + 易 sound ( yì )

Components 贝 易

How to remember it

grant · Heisig RSH #881

shells + 易 easy

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 赐

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

WordPinyinMeaning
端木赐 Duān mù Cì Duanmu Ci (520 BC-446 BC), disciple of Confucius, also known as Zi Gong 子貢|子贡[Zi3 Gong4]
天赐 tiān cì bestowed by heaven
速赐康 sù cì kāng (Tw) (coll.) pentazocine (a synthetic opioid analgesic)
赐死 cì sǐ (of a ruler) to order sb to commit suicide (in lieu of execution)
赐教 cì jiào (honorific) to impart one's wisdom; to enlighten
拜你所赐 bài nǐ suǒ cì (derog.) this is all thanks to you!; well, thanks a lot!
赐福 cì fú to bless
不吝赐教 bù lìn cì jiào to be so kind as to enlighten me
恩赐 ēn cì to bestow (favors, charity etc)
厚赐 hòu cì to reward generously; generous gift
赐与 cì yǔ variant of 賜予|赐予[ci4 yu3]
赐顾 cì gù to honor (sb) by one's visit; to patronize (a shop or restaurant)
赐给 cì gěi to bestow; to give
赐鉴 cì jiàn (formal) (used in a submitted document) please review; for your kind consideration
赏赐 shǎng cì to bestow a reward; a reward
御赐 yù cì to be bestowed by the emperor
赐爵 cì jué to bestow a noble title
赐姓 cì xìng (of an emperor) to bestow a surname
钦赐 qīn cì (of an emperor) to bestow
赐予 cì yǔ to grant; to bestow

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 易 — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
易 sound part yì to change; to exchange, to trade; simple, easy
锡 xī tin; to bestow, to confer
踢 tī to kick
剔 tī to pick out; to scrape off; picky
惕 tì cautious, careful, alert
蜴 yì lizard
埸 yì border, limit, frontier; dike