# 贄

| 贄 | U+8D04, &#36100; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8D04 |
| ← 贃 [U+8D03] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 贅 → [U+8D05] |

## Translingual
### Han character

贄 (Kangxi radical 154, 貝+11, 18 strokes, cangjie input 土戈月山金 (GIBUC), four-corner 4580$_6$, composition ⿱執貝)
* gift (presented to a senior at one’s first visit)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1211, character 46
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36907
* Dae Jaweon: page 1678, character 1
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3656, character 7
* Unihan data for U+8D04

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 騺 | *tibs |
| 摯 | *tjibs |
| 贄 | *tjibs |
| 鷙 | *tjibs |
| 墊 | *tiːms, *diːb |
| 慹 | *tjeb, *ndiːb, *sdib, *tjib |
| 謺 | *tjeb |
| 褺 | *diːb |
| 蓻 | *stib |
| 縶 | *tib |
| 漐 | *tʰib |
| 蟄 | *dib |
| 執 | *tjib |
| 瓡 | *tjib |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *tjibs) : phonetic 執 (OC *tjib) + semantic 貝 (“valuable”)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhì (zhi$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄓˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zi$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhì
*** Zhuyin: ㄓˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhìh
*** Wade–Giles: chih$^4$
*** Yale: jr̀
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyh
*** Palladius: чжи (čži)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zi$^3$
*** Yale: ji
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzi$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ji$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡siː³³/
* Middle Chinese: tsyijH
Rime :
| Character | 贄 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 章 (23) |
| Final (韻) | 脂 (15) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 脂利切 |
| Baxter | tsyijH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡ɕiɪ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡ɕi$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡ɕjɪ$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ci$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡ɕi$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡ɕi$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /t͡ɕi$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zhì |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zi$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*tjibs/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 贄 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 17277 |
| Phonetic component | 執 |
| Rime group | 位 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 至 |
| Old Chinese | /*tjibs/ |

### Definitions

贄
* gift (present typically carried by the visitor for ceremonious occasions)

### Compounds

* 執贄 / 执贽
* 贄敬 / 贽敬
* 贄見 / 贽见 (zhìjiàn)
* 贄見禮 / 贽见礼

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): し (shi)
* Kun: にえ (nie, 贄)

#### Compounds

* 生贄(いけにえ) (ikenie)
* 稲贄(いなべ) (inabe)
* 大贄(おおにえ) (ōnie)
* 贄幣(しへい) (shihei)
* 贄海神事(にえうみのしんじ) (nieumi no shinji)
* 贄川(にえかわ) (niekawa)
* 贄狩(にえがり) (niegari)
* 贄使(にえづかい) (niezukai)
* 贄殿(にえどの) (niedono)
* 贄人(にえびと) (niebito)
* 贄湾(にえわん) (niewan)
* 早贄(はやにえ) (hayanie)
* 速贄(はやにえ) (hayanie)

##### Names

* 李贄(りし) (rishi)
* 陸贄(りくし) (rikushi)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 贄
* にえ Hyōgai
* kun'yomi
* Alternative spellings
* 牲 嘗
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Noun

贄(にえ) • (nie)
* an offering to the gods
* a gift
* a sacrifice

## Korean
### Hanja

贄 • (ji) (hangeul 지, revised ji, McCune–Reischauer chi, Yale ci)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

贄: Hán Nôm readings: chí
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