賄 – bribe, board, supply

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The kanji 賄 means bribe, board, supply, finance. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ワイ (wai); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is まかな.う (makanau). It is written with 13 strokes, under radical 貝 (no. 154).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ワイ	wai
Kun’yomi	まかな.う	makanau

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 貝 (Kangxi radical 154). Components: ノ・一・貝・目・ハ・月.

Words using 賄

賄うまかなうto supply (goods, money, etc.)

Kanji with the same radical

資費質賞負財買責販貿貨賛購貢賃貴

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