贈

Information about character(s)

Radical: 貝
Radical Strokes: 7
Additional Strokes: 12
Total Strokes: 19
Simplified Form: 赠

Pronunciation

Pinyin: zèng
Cantonese: zang6
JapaneseKun: OKURU
JapaneseOn: ZOU SOU
Korean: CUNG
Vietnamese: tặng

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: give present; bestow, confer

CE-Dict: to give as a present/to repel/to bestow an honorary title after death (old)

Soothill: A present (at parting), a souvenir; posthumous honours; a title patent.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.to present (a gift)

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: present

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: present

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《貝部》贈玩好相送也。从貝曾聲。

康熙字典文字版 【酉集中】【貝字部】贈
【廣韻】【正韻】𠀤昨亙切，音𪒟。【說文】玩好相送也。【詩·鄭風】雜佩以贈之。【傳】贈，送也。【儀禮·聘禮】公使卿贈，如覿幣。【禮·檀弓】何以贈我。　又【詩·大雅】以贈申伯。【傳】贈，增也。【疏】凡贈遺者，所以增長前人，贈之財，使富增於本，贈之言，使行增於義，故云贈增也。　又【正字通】借封前人官稱曰誥贈，恩頒自朝廷也。　又【詩·鄭風】知子之來之，雜佩以贈之。【朱傳】贈，音則。來，音力。【毛詩古音考】來音釐，贈疑是貽字之誤。未知孰是，存以備考。

CF-Dict: offrir/faire présent

Han-De-Dict: schenken, überreichen (u.E.)