# 贈

| 贈 | U+8D08, &#36104; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8D08 |
| ← 贇 [U+8D07] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 贉 → [U+8D09] |
| 贈 | U+FA65, &#64101; CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA65 |
| ← 賓 [U+FA64] | CJK Compatibility Ideographs | 辶 → [U+FA66] |
| 贈 | U+FAC1, &#64193; CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FAC1 |
| ← 變 [U+FAC0] | CJK Compatibility Ideographs | 輸 → [U+FAC2] |

## Translingual

| Traditional | 贈 |
| Simplified | 赠 |
| Japanese | 贈 |
| Korean | 贈 |

### Alternative forms

Note difference between Chinese form, which uses 曾, and Japanese shinjitai which uses 曽.
In Korea, the upper right component is 八 instead of 丷, which is also the historical form found in the Kangxi dictionary.

### Han character

贈 (Kangxi radical 154, 貝+12 in Chinese, 貝+11 in Japanese, 19 strokes in Chinese, 18 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 月金金田日 (BCCWA), four-corner 6886$_6$, composition ⿰貝曾(GHTKV or U+FA65) or ⿰貝曽(J or U+FAC1))

#### Derived characters

* 囎

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1212, character 15
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36920
* Dae Jaweon: page 1678, character 19
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3658, character 9
* Unihan data for U+8D08
* Unihan data for U+FA65
* Unihan data for U+FAC1

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 贈 :
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 潧 | *ʔsrɯn |
| 繒 | *ʔsɯːŋ, *zɯŋ |
| 增 | *ʔsɯːŋ, *ʔsɯːŋs |
| 憎 | *ʔsɯːŋ |
| 磳 | *ʔsɯːŋ, *zɯŋ |
| 曾 | *ʔsɯːŋ, *zɯːŋ |
| 矰 | *ʔsɯːŋ |
| 罾 | *ʔsɯːŋ |
| 熷 | *ʔsɯːŋ |
| 竲 | *ʔsɯːŋ, *zɯŋ |
| 橧 | *ʔsɯːŋ, *zɯŋ |
| 譄 | *ʔsɯːŋ |
| 蹭 | *sʰɯːŋs |
| 層 | *zɯːŋ |
| 贈 | *zɯːŋs |
| 僧 | *sɯːŋ |
| 鬙 | *sɯːŋ |
| 甑 | *ʔsɯŋs |
| 鄫 | *zɯŋ |
| 驓 | *zɯŋ |
| 嶒 | *zɯŋ |
| 噌 | *sʰɯːŋ |
| 鏳 | *zrɯːŋ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *zɯːŋs) : semantic 貝 + phonetic 曾 (OC *ʔsɯːŋ, *zɯːŋ).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zèng (zeng$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄗㄥˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zang$^6$
* Eastern Min (BUC): câing
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chn̄g / chēng / chān / cheng
    (Teochew, Peng'im): zang$^7$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zèng
*** Zhuyin: ㄗㄥˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: zèng
*** Wade–Giles: tsêng$^4$
*** Yale: dzèng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzenq
*** Palladius: цзэн (czɛn)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɤŋ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zang$^6$
*** Yale: jahng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzang$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zeng$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɐŋ²²/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: câing
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡saiŋ²⁴²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chn̄g
*** Tâi-lô: tsn̄g
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zng
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /t͡sŋ̍⁴¹/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chēng
*** Tâi-lô: tsīng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zeng
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪŋ³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ²²/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chān
*** Tâi-lô: tsān
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zan
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡san²²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡san⁴¹/
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡san³³/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng
*** Tâi-lô: tsing
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zefng
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴/
* chn̄g/chēng - literary;
* chān - vernacular;
* cheng - vernacular (俗).
* Middle Chinese: dzongH
Rime :
| Character | 贈 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 從 (15) |
| Final (韻) | 登 (129) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 昨亘切 |
| Baxter | dzongH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /d͡zəŋ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /d͡zəŋ$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /d͡zəŋ$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /d͡zəŋ$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /d͡zəŋ$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /d͡zəŋ$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /d͡zʱəŋ$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zèng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zang$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[dz]ˤəŋ-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*zɯːŋs/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 贈 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | zèng |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ dzong$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[dz]ˁəŋ-s/ |
| English | give |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 贈 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 16627 |
| Phonetic component | 曾 |
| Rime group | 蒸 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 贈 |
| Old Chinese | /*zɯːŋs/ |

### Definitions

贈
* to give as a present; to present with

### Compounds

* 回贈／回赠 (huízèng)
* 奉贈／奉赠
* 封贈／封赠
* 惠贈／惠赠
* 捐贈／捐赠 (juānzèng)
* 敕贈／敕赠
* 綈袍之贈／绨袍之赠
* 腆贈／腆赠
* 致贈／致赠
* 誥贈／诰赠
* 貤贈／𰷠赠
* 賠贈／赔赠
* 賻贈／赙赠 (fùzèng)
* 贈予／赠予 (zèngyǔ)
* 贈別／赠别
* 贈品／赠品 (zèngpǐn)
* 贈嫁／赠嫁
* 贈序／赠序
* 贈獎／赠奖
* 贈禮／赠礼 (zènglǐ)
* 贈策／赠策
* 贈答／赠答
* 贈與／赠与 (zèngyǔ)
* 贈言／赠言 (zèngyán)
* 贈詩／赠诗
* 贈賻／赠赙
* 贈送／赠送 (zèngsòng)
* 贈遺／赠遗
* 贈閱／赠阅
* 轉贈／转赠 (zhuǎnzèng)
* 追贈／追赠
* 遺贈／遗赠 (yízèng)
* 采蘭贈芍／采兰赠芍
* 附贈／附赠
* 雪中贈襦／雪中赠襦
* 頒贈／颁赠 (bānzèng)
* 餽贈／馈赠 (kuìzèng)
* 饋贈／馈赠 (kuìzèng)

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 贈 |
| Kyūjitai | 贈 &#xFA65; or 贈+&#xFE00; |
| Kyūjitai | 贈󠄁 贈+&#xE0101; (Adobe-Japan1) |
| Kyūjitai | 贈󠄃 贈+&#xE0103; (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) |
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### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
* to present with

#### Readings

* Go-on: ぞう (zō, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: そう (sō, Jōyō $^†$)
* Kun: おくる (okuru, 贈る, Jōyō)
* Nanori: たま (tama)、ます (masu)

#### Compounds

* 寄贈(きぞう) (kizō, “donation”)
* 贈呈(ぞうてい) (zōtei)
* 贈答(ぞうとう) (zōtō)
* 贈与(ぞうよ) (zōyo)
* 贈賄(ぞうわい) (zōwai)

#### See also

* 贈(おく)る (okuru)

### References

* ↑ “贈”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2024

## Korean
### Hanja

贈 • (jeung) (hangeul 증, revised jeung, McCune–Reischauer chŭng, Yale cung)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

贈: Hán Nôm readings: tặng
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