赁

See also: 賃

Translingual

Etymology

Simplified from 賃 (貝 → 贝).

In current form Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : phonetic 任 (OC *njɯm, *njɯms) + semantic 贝 (“shell, money”) – a kind of payment. 任 has meaning of “duty, employment”, so connotations of “money paid for employment (hire)” or “money that one has a duty to pay (rent)”.

Han character

赁 (Kangxi radical 154, 贝+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 人土月人 (OGBO), composition ⿱任贝)

See also

• 货

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1213, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3639, character 6
• Unihan data for U+8D41

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Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 赁 – see 賃 (“to employ; wage; etc.”). (This character is the simplified form of 賃).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.