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赠

zèng

to give as a gift

HSK 5 · Topic “Money and shopping”
A person giving a wrapped present
Memory picture

Character

赠 zèng

Strokes
16
Radical
贝 — sea shell
Made of
贝 sea shell 曾 already, formerly, once
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 我赠你花。 Wǒ zèng nǐ huā. I present you with flowers.
  • 他赠送我书。 Tā zèngsòng wǒ shū. He gives a book to me.
  • 学校赠书给我。 Xuéxiào zèng shū gěi wǒ. The school gives me books.

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