The kanji 賄: meaning, readings and stroke order

賄

Meaning: bribe, provide for
On reading: ワイ wai
Kun reading: まかな（う） makanau
Strokes: 13
Radical: 貝 shell
Level: Level 9 · senior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: hối lộ, lo liệu (hối)
Japanese: わいろ。ひつようなものをまかなう。
Korean: 뇌물, 꾸려 나가다 (회)
Chinese: 贿赂、供给 (贿)

Readings, words and example sentences

ワイ wai · on reading · less common

賄わいろ
bribe, bribery
賄わいろは犯罪です。
Bribery is a crime.

まかな（う） makanau · kun reading · less common

賄まかなう
to cover (costs), to make do with
費用を会費で 賄まかないます。
The costs are covered by membership fees.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.