give to

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
貝 meaning component

  Meaning component

bèi

  

sea shell

台 sound component

  Sound component

tái

  

platform

Evolution

貽 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
貽 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
貽 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

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give to, hand down, bequeath; to present; to bequeath

Most common words with 貽
Freq.
Word
Meaning

贻笑大方

to make a fool of oneself

贻贝

mussel

贻误

to affect adversely

to present

贻害

to have bad consequences