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賂 — 13 strokes ／ Radical「貝」

道
2High school graduate / general ／ 13 strokes ／ Radical「貝」
On
ロろ · ro
Kun
まいな.い・まいな.うmaina.i · maina.u
Meaning
bribe

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

A cowrie shell plus a phonetic element: wealth given to buy a favour — a bribe.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onロろro賄賂わいろ

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 賄賂わいろ

    bribe

  • 賂まいない

    a bribe; gift for favour

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

公務(こうむ)員(いん)は賄賂(わいろ)を受(う)け取(と)ってはならない。

A public servant must not accept bribes.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 貝Map of reading ロAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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