to give as a present / to repel / to bestow an honorary title after death (old)

= + : In engine's bathroom ((e)ng4) Zorro (z) is giving a firefly (曾) to the crab (贝) as a present (赠), and the crab promptly eats the firefly.

贈 character breakdown

Japanese variant of 曾[ceng2]
surname Bei
cowrie / shellfish / currency (archaic)

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a crab. In the Eiffel Tower's bathroom (ei4), the Neanderthal man (人) and Beelzebub (b) are fighting a crab with staplers (⺆), but because the Neanderthal man (人) can't handle the stapler he accidentally staples himself in the forehead.

Characters with 贈 as component

贈 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 贈

to contribute (as a gift) / to donate / benefaction
to present as a gift
gift / complimentary item / freebie / giveaway
variant of 贈予|赠予[zeng4 yu3]
to give a present / to accord (a favor) / to grant
present / gift
to pass on a present
to present respectfully / with (sb's) compliments / complimentary
to give to the departed / to confer (a title) posthumously
(honorific) to present / to give as a present
surplus from donation (accountancy)
lit. pick orchids and present peonies (idiom); fig. presents between lovers
to donate / donation
to receive / to be given / to be presented with
to give peonies / fig. exchange of gifts between lovers

Sentences with 贈

贈 currently does not appear in any sentence.