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賄 — 13 strokes / Radical「貝」

道
準2High school level / 13 strokes / Radical「貝」
On
ワイわい · wai
Kun
まかな.うmakana.u
Meaning
bribe; provide for

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

貝 "money" with 有: to cover costs with money — to provide for, a bribe.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onワイわいwai収賄しゅうわい贈賄ぞうわい
Kunまかなうmakanau賄うまかなう賄いまかない

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 賄賂わいろ

    bribe

  • 収賄しゅうわい

    accepting bribes

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

賄賂(わいろ)は法(ほう)で禁(きん)じられている。

Bribery is prohibited by law.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

収賄賄賂賄収to tak…賂bribe貞chaste貢tribut…賠compen…賜grant賓guest歪distor…隈nook猥obscen…匯to whi…矮short
CompoundRadicalReading

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