赎
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to redeem; to ransom
12 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,819 U+8D4E
How 赎 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
To sell 卖 a soul for money 贝; 卖 also provides the pronunciation
How to remember it
redeem · Heisig RSH #2116
贝 shellfish + 卖 sell
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 赎
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 赎罪日战争 | Shú zuì rì zhàn zhēng | the Yom Kippur war of October 1973 between Israel and her Arab neighbors |
| 苦行赎罪 | kǔ xíng shú zuì | penance (to atone for a sin) |
| 立功赎罪 | lì gōng shú zuì | to redeem oneself; to atone |
| 赎罪日 | Shú zuì rì | Yom Kippur or Day of Atonement (Jewish holiday) |
| 将功赎罪 | jiāng gōng shú zuì | to atone for one's crimes by meritorious acts |
| 救赎主 | jiù shú zhǔ | Redeemer |
| 赎金 | shú jīn | ransom |
| 赎回 | shú huí | to redeem |
| 赎价 | shú jià | price paid to redeem an object; (religion) price paid to redeem sb; ransom |
| 赎罪 | shú zuì | to atone for one's crime; to buy freedom from punishment; redemption; atonement |
| 赎款 | shú kuǎn | ransom |
| 救赎 | jiù shú | to redeem; redemption; salvation |
| 掳人勒赎 | lǔ rén lè shú | to kidnap for ransom |
| 找赎 | zhǎo shú | (dialect) to give change |