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給

給

See also: 给

Translingual

Han character

給 (radical 120 糸+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 女火人一口 (VFOMR), four-corner 28961, composition ⿰糹合)

References

  • KangXi: page 923, character 6
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27432
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1357, character 18
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3394, character 11
  • Unihan data for U+7D66

Chinese

trad. 給
simp. 给

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 給
Large seal script Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (合) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
龕 *kʰuːm
媕 *quːm, *qromʔ, *qɯːm, *qramʔ, *qɯːb
頜 *ɡuːmʔ, *kuːb
答 *tkuːb
畣 *tkuːb
荅 *tkuːb
嗒 *tuːb, *tʰoːb
褡 *tuːb, *toːb
撘 *tuːb
搭 *tuːb, *tʰoːb
榙 *tkuːb, *ɡuːb
佮 *tkʰuːb, *kuːb, *quːb, *quːb
蛤 *kuːb
鴿 *kuːb
合 *kuːb, *ɡuːb
郃 *kuːb, *ɡuːb
匌 *kuːb, *kʰuːb
鉿 *kuːb
閤 *kuːb
鞈 *kuːb, *kruːb
韐 *kuːb, *kruːb
鮯 *kuːb
哈 *ŋɡuːb
姶 *quːb, *quːb
欱 *qʰuːb, *qʰruːb
盒 *ɡuːb
耠 *ɡuːb
詥 *ɡuːb
塔 *tʰuːb
鞳 *tʰoːb
劄 *rtuːb
跲 *kruːb, *kob, *ɡob
袷 *kruːb, *ŋkob
餄 *kruːb
恰 *kʰruːb
帢 *kʰruːb
洽 *ɡruːb
祫 *ɡruːb
珨 *ɡruːb
烚 *ɡruːb
歙 *qʰjob, *qʰrub
湁 *tkʰub
拾 *ɡjub
給 *krub
翕 *qʰrub
噏 *qʰrub
潝 *qʰrub
熻 *qʰrub
嬆 *qʰrub
翖 *qʰrub
闟 *qʰrub

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *krub) : semantic 糸 + phonetic 合 ‎(OC *kuːb, *ɡuːb).

Pronunciation 1

Rime
Character 給
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 緝 (142)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) Chongniu III
Fanqie 居立切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /kˠiɪp̚/
Pan
Wuyun		 /kᵚip̚/
Shao
Rongfen		 /kiep̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /kjip̚/
Li
Rong		 /kjəp̚/
Wang
Li		 /kĭĕp̚/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ki̯əp̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 ji
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 給
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 jǐ
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ kip ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[k](r)[ə]p/
English furnish

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 給
Reading # 1/1
No. 5002
Phonetic
component		 合
Rime
group		 緝
Rime
subdivision		 3
Corresponding
MC rime		 急
Old
Chinese		 /*krub/

Definitions

給

  1. to give
    給你一個吻 / 给你一个吻  ―  gěi nǐ yīge wěn  ―  give you a kiss
  2. for; for the benefit of
    我給你按摩吧。 / 我给你按摩吧。  ―  Wǒ gěi nǐ ànmó ba.  ―  Let me do a massage for you.
  3. to; with (following verbs to indicate the handing over or passing of something)
    這裡有我一直想說給你聽的話。 [MSC, trad.]
    这里有我一直想说给你听的话。 [MSC, simp.]
    Zhèlǐ yǒu wǒ yīzhí xiǎng shuō gěi nǐ tīng de huà. [Pinyin]
    Here are the words I've always wanted to say to you.
  4. to (introduce recipient of an action)
    給他道歉！ / 给他道歉！  ―  Gěi tā dàoqiàn!  ―  Apologise to him!
  5. by (marker of passive voice)
    我們都給人騙了。 / 我们都给人骗了。  ―  Wǒmen dōu gěi rén piàn le.  ―  We all got fooled.
  6. Used in the form of 給我 in imperative sentences for emphasis.
    你給我閉嘴！ / 你给我闭嘴！  ―  Nǐ gěiwǒ bìzuǐ!  ―  Shut the **** up!
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 給 (“to give”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 予
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 給
Mandarin Beijing 給
Taiwan 給
Tianjin 給
Jinan 給
Xi'an 給
Wuhan 把、把得、給
Chengdu 給
Yangzhou 把、給
Hefei 給
Cantonese Guangzhou 畀
Hong Kong 畀
Taishan 予
Yangjiang 畀
Gan Nanchang 把
Hakka Meixian 分
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 分
Liudui (S. Sixian) 分
Hsinchu (Hailu) 分
Dongshi (Dabu) 分
Zhuolan (Raoping) 分
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 得
Jin Taiyuan 給
Min Bei Jian'ou 吶
Min Dong Fuzhou 乞
Min Nan Quanzhou 予
Xiamen 予
Zhangzhou 予
Taipei 予
Kaohsiung 予
Tainan 予
Taichung 予
Yilan 予
Lukang 予
Sanxia 予
Kinmen 予
Magong 予
Hsinchu 予
Chaozhou 分
Wu Shanghai 撥
Suzhou 撥
Wenzhou 匄
Xiang Changsha 把

Pronunciation 2

Rime
Character 給
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 緝 (142)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) Chongniu III
Fanqie 居立切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /kˠiɪp̚/
Pan
Wuyun		 /kᵚip̚/
Shao
Rongfen		 /kiep̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /kjip̚/
Li
Rong		 /kjəp̚/
Wang
Li		 /kĭĕp̚/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ki̯əp̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 ji
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 給
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 jǐ
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ kip ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[k](r)[ə]p/
English furnish

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 給
Reading # 1/1
No. 5002
Phonetic
component		 合
Rime
group		 緝
Rime
subdivision		 3
Corresponding
MC rime		 急
Old
Chinese		 /*krub/

Definitions

給

  1. to supply; to provide
    給予 / 给予  ―  gěiyǔ  ―  to provide; to give
  2. to grant; to bestow
  3. salary; pay
  4. abundant; plenty
  5. nimble; quick
  6. A surname​.

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

給

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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Readings

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

給 • ‎(geup) (hangeul 급, revised geup, McCune-Reischauer kŭp, Yale kup)

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Vietnamese

Han character

給 (cấp, góp, cắp, cóp, cướp)

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