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Translingual [edit]

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Etymology [edit]

Simplified from  ( → ).

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic  (shell, money) + phonetic  – to bestow money and like favors.

Han character [edit]

(radical 154 +8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 月人日心竹 (BOAPH))

  1. give, bestow favors
  2. appoint

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Cantonese [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(traditional , Yale chi3)


Mandarin [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(traditional , pinyin (si4), Wade-Giles ssu4)

  1. to give, to grant
    • John 1.12
      凡接待他的,就是信他名的人,他就他们权柄,作神的儿女。
      Fán jiēdaì tāde, jiùshì xìn tā míng de rén, tā jiù tāmen quánbǐng, zuò Shén de érnǚ .
      But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: