贖

See also: 赎

贖 U+8D16, 贖 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8D16 ← 贕 [U+8D15] CJK Unified Ideographs 贗 → [U+8D17]

Translingual

Han character

贖 (radical 154, 貝+15, 22 strokes, cangjie input 月金土田金 (BCGWC), four-corner 6488₆, composition ⿰貝賣)

1. buy, redeem
2. ransom
3. atone for

References

• KangXi: page 1213, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36970
• Dae Jaweon: page 1679, character 24
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3660, character 10
• Unihan data for U+8D16

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Chinese

trad.		贖
simp.		赎

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 贖
Western Zhou	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Qin slip script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (𧶠) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
竇	*l'oːɡs
續	*ljoɡs, *ljoɡ
覿	*l'juːɡ
黷	*l'oːɡ
讟	*l'oːɡ
殰	*l'oːɡ
讀	*l'oːɡ
櫝	*l'oːɡ
牘	*l'oːɡ
儥	*l'oːɡ
贕	*l'oːɡ
皾	*l'oːɡ
瓄	*l'oːɡ
瀆	*l'oːɡ
豄	*l'oːɡ
韇	*l'oːɡ
嬻	*l'oːɡ
犢	*l'oːɡ
匵	*l'oːɡ
藚	*ljoɡ
襩	*ɦljoɡ
贖	*ɦljoɡ
𧶠	*luɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shú (shu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): suk⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): su̍k
• Min Nan (POJ): sio̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shú
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˊ
    • Wade–Giles: shu²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shwu
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: suk⁶
    • Yale: suhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: suk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sug⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /sʊk̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: su̍k
    • Hakka Romanization System: sug
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sug⁶
    • IPA: /suk̚⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sio̍k
    • Tâi-lô: sio̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siok
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɔk̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiɔk̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕiɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɔk̚⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /ʑɨok̚/▼

Rime
Character	贖
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	船 (27)
Final (韻)	燭 (8)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	神蜀切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʑɨok̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʑiok̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ʑiok̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʑuawk̚/
Li Rong	/d͡ʑiok̚/
Wang Li	/d͡ʑĭwok̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/d͡ʑʰi̯wok̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shú

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɦljoɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	贖
Reading #	1/1
No.	16056
Phonetic component	𧶠
Rime group	屋
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	贖
Old Chinese	/*ɦljoɡ/

Definitions

贖

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Compounds

• 以功贖罪／以功赎罪
• 勒贖／勒赎
• 回贖／回赎
• 將功贖罪／将功赎罪
• 擄人勒贖／掳人勒赎
• 百身何贖／百身何赎
• 百身莫贖／百身莫赎

• 立功贖罪／立功赎罪
• 納贖／纳赎
• 罰贖／罚赎
• 自贖／自赎
• 贖典／赎典
• 贖刑／赎刑
• 贖命／赎命

• 贖回／赎回 (shúhuí)
• 贖款／赎款
• 贖當／赎当
• 贖罪／赎罪 (shúzuì)
• 贖藥／赎药
• 贖身／赎身 (shúshēn)
• 贖金／赎金 (shújīn)

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Japanese

Kanji

贖

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): しょく (shoku)
• Kun: あがなう (aganau, 贖う)

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Korean

Hanja

贖 • (sok) (hangeul 속, revised sok, McCune–Reischauer sok, Yale sok)

1. washing away your sin, 속죄하다
2. clearing your debt by offering money, wealth or effort, 속바치다