Chinese
賺
/ʈ͡ʂu̯än⁵¹/
to make a profit
- Phono-semantic compound 形聲
- HSK 6
- TOCFL 6
- radical 貝
- 17 strokes
- 贃
- 誕
- 綻
- 鄭
- ⿰贝专
- 𧹗
- 诞
- 绽
- 郑
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Origin
Originally as 𧸖.
In the current form: Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *r'eːms): semantic 貝 + phonetic 兼 (OC *keːm, *keːms).
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lineage
- meaningChinese貝 “shellfish; cowrie”
- soundChinese兼 “to do two or more things simultaneously; to hold a concurrent post or role; to combine”
Sources
- HSK / TOCFL word lists — Facts (levels)
- 教育部《國語辭典簡編本》 (Taiwan MOE) — CC BY-ND 3.0 TW
- Wiktionary (via Wiktextract / kaikki.org) — CC BY-SA 4.0
- Wiktionary: 賺