畀

Glyph origin
In the oracle bone script, it was a of an arrow with a flat arrowhead (cf., an arrow) – original character of.

In the bronze script, a dot was added to the centre, which later became a short line. The bottom of the glyph eventually corrupted into or. On the basis of the latter shape,  erroneously interprets the character as a.

Etymology 1
From. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Definitions

 * 1)  to give
 * 2)  to use
 * 3)  to add
 * 4)  to pay
 * 5)  to allow; to let
 * 6)  for
 * 7)  to
 * 8)  by
 * 1)  to pay
 * 2)  to allow; to let
 * 3)  for
 * 4)  to
 * 5)  by
 * 1)  for
 * 2)  to
 * 3)  by
 * 1)  to
 * 2)  by
 * 1)  by
 * 1)  by

Usage notes

 * In Cantonese, when 畀 is used as a ditransitive verb meaning “to give”, the indirect object usually follows the direct object.
 * In a passive-voice sentence in Cantonese, 畀 is always followed by an object and not a verb, unlike Mandarin which can be followed by an object or a verb.  can be used as a dummy object when the doer is not specified.

Kanji

 * 1) to give

Hanja

 * 1) to give