Memory phrase for the character: 赠

赠

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Meaning

to give as a present, to repel, to bestow (title)

Pronunciation

zèng

Explanation

 Left: shell/money 贝, right: formerly 曾 (=曽, At rain 丷 on the field 田 as under the sun 日, that's how we worked formerly.)

Mnemonic
 
Money was formerly given as present.

Radicals

贝 shell, moneyThis is simplified from 貝, which showed a cowries-shell 目 with two feelers/antennas 八 that was used as money.
曾 former, previouslyThe mnemonics understand the middle of this radical 曾/曽 as a variation of 'field 田'.




 Vocabulary

赠送 zèng sòng  to present as a gift
赠与 zèng yú  to favor; to gift; to grant; to bequeath; to bestow
馈赠 kuì zèng  present (a gift)
馈赠 kuì zèng  

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