赠zèng
to give as a gift (bound form). 16 strokes, radical 贝, first met in HSK 5.
What 赠 is made of
贝 (bèi, sea shell) and 曾 (céng, already).
贝 carries the meaning — money — and 曾 carries the sound.
How to write 赠
Strokes 1–4 write 贝, then strokes 5–16 write 曾.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 赠
Words that use 赠
| 赠 | to give as a gift (bound form) 指把东西无偿送给别人 农场果农忙着采摘蜜桃,赠送给环卫工人。The city union gave a care package to the veteran model worker. Lesson 522, 展呈华彩 · 知行合一与笃学求真 · Unity of Knowledge and Action & The Pursuit of Truth |
| 赠送 | to present as a gift 指郑重地把东西送给他人 农场果农忙着采摘蜜桃,赠送给环卫工人。Farmers presented the sanitation workers with fresh peaches. Lesson 522, 展呈华彩 · 知行合一与笃学求真 · Unity of Knowledge and Action & The Pursuit of Truth |
| 捐赠 | to donate, contribute 指无偿赠送财物 向灾区捐赠了一批急需物资。They donated a batch of urgently needed supplies to the disaster area. Lesson 606, 义捐同心 · 怀瑾握瑜与笃行求真 · Moral Benevolence & Relentless Truth |
Characters that share the sound part 曾
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.
More characters with the radical 贝
All 27 of them, and what the radical means, on the 贝 radical page.