給

See also gei, and 给

Translingual

shinjitai	給
simplified	给
traditional	給

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 糸 + phonetic 合.

Han character

給 (radical 120 糸+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 女火人一口 (VFOMR), four-corner 2896₁, composition ⿰糹合)

1. give
2. by, for

References

• KangXi: page 923, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27432
• Dae Jaweon: page 1357, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3394, character 11
• Unihan data for U+7D66

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Cantonese

Hanzi

給 (simplified 给, Yale kap1)

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Japanese

Kanji

給 (grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: きゅう (kyū), きょう (kyō)
• Kun: たまう (tamau)

Compounds

• 給料 (きゅうりょう, kyūryō, “salary”)
• 供給 (きょうきゅう, kyōkyū, “supply, provision”)

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Korean

Hanja

給 (hangeul 급, revised geup, McCune-Reischauer kŭp, Yale kup)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

給 (simplified 给, pinyin gěi (gei3), jǐ (ji3), xiá (xia2), Wade-Giles kei³, chi³, hsia²)

Verb

給

1. to give

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Vietnamese

Han character

給 (cấp, góp, cắp, cóp, cướp)