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賺

賺

See also: 赚

Translingual

Han character

賺 (radical 154 貝+10, 17 strokes, cangjie input 月金廿X金 (BCTXC), four-corner 68837)

References

  • KangXi: page 1211, character 17
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36880
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1677, character 13
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3655, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+8CFA

Chinese

trad. 賺
simp. 赚

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (兼) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
譧 *r'eːms
賺 *r'eːms
尲 *kreːm
鹻 *kreːmʔ
歉 *kʰreːms, *kʰreːmʔ, *kʰeːmʔ, *kʰeːms
槏 *kʰreːmʔ
鰜 *ɡreːm, *keːm
稴 *ɡreːm, *ɡ·reːm, *ɡ·reːmʔ, *ɡ·reːms, *ɡeːm
豏 *ɡreːmʔ, *ɡreːms
甉 *ɡreːmʔ, *ɡraːm
廉 *ɡ·rem
鎌 *ɡ·rem
鬑 *ɡ·rem, *ɡ·reːm
鐮 *ɡ·rem
簾 *ɡ·rem
薕 *ɡ·rem, *ɡ·reːm
蠊 *ɡ·rem
嬚 *ɡ·remʔ
溓 *ɡ·remʔ, *ɡ·reːm, *ɡ·reːmʔ
嵰 *kʰremʔ
隒 *ŋɡremʔ
熑 *ɡ·reːm
濂 *ɡ·reːm
燫 *ɡ·reːm
兼 *keːm, *keːms
縑 *keːm
鶼 *keːm
蒹 *keːm
搛 *keːm
謙 *kʰeːm
膁 *kʰeːmʔ
嗛 *kʰeːmʔ
慊 *kʰeːmʔ, *kʰeːb
傔 *kʰeːms
馦 *qʰeːm
嫌 *ɡeːm
鼸 *ɡeːmʔ
尷 *kreːm

Originally as 𧸖.

In the current form: Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *r'eːms) : semantic 貝 + phonetic 兼 ‎(OC *keːm, *keːms).

Pronunciation 1

Rime
Character 賺
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 澄 (11)
Final (韻) 咸 (151)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) II
Fanqie 佇陷切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɖˠɛmH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɖᵚæmH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ȡɐmH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ɖəɨmH/
Li
Rong		 /ȡɐmH/
Wang
Li		 /ȡɐmH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ȡʱămH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 zhàn
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 賺
Reading # 1/1
No. 6030
Phonetic
component		 兼
Rime
group		 談
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 𧸖
Old
Chinese		 /*r'eːms/
Notes 原右作廉同說文新附，集韻作此

Definitions

賺

  1. to make a profit; to earn money
    佢留班賺多一年。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    佢留班赚多一年。 [Cantonese, simp.]
    Keoi5 lau4 baan1zaam6 do1 jat1 nin4. [Jyutping]
    He repeats a year for profit again.
  2. to gain an unfair advantage
Synonyms
  • (to earn (money)): (Min) 趁

Compounds

  • 唱賺／唱赚
  • 手面賺吃／手面赚吃
  • 有賺頭／有赚头
  • 沒賺頭／没赚头
  • 淨賺／净赚
  • 破賺／破赚
  • 穩賺不賠／稳赚不赔
  • 虛賺／虚赚
  • 賺取／赚取 (zhuànqǔ)
  • 賺外快／赚外快

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

賺

  1. (literary) to deceive; to fool; to cheat

Compounds

  • 哄賺／哄赚
  • 啜賺／啜赚
  • 賺哄／赚哄
  • 賺弄／赚弄
  • 賺漏／赚漏
  • 賺騙／赚骗

Japanese

Kanji

賺

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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