賊

Glyph origin
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This was later reinterpreted as a compound of and  to produce the modern form.

Etymology 1
Possibly ; compare 🇨🇬. points out that a palatalized consonant in 🇨🇬 does not usually correspond to an unpalatalized one in Chinese; instead, he compares it to 🇨🇬.

Possibly cognate with.

Based on evidence from early loans from Chinese, e.g. 🇨🇬 and,  reconstructs the Old Chinese with a *k preinitial.

Definitions

 * 1)  to damage; to corrupt; to ruin; to destroy
 * 2)  to harm; to injure
 * 3)  to slander
 * 4)  to murder
 * 5)  murderer
 * 6)  harm; disaster
 * 7) thief; bandit; robber
 * 8) villain; traitor
 * 9)  to steal
 * 10) evil; wicked; treacherous
 * 11)  to restrain
 * 12)  ruthless; vicious
 * 13)  cunning; wily; sly
 * 14)  a kind of pest that eats the joints of a seedling
 * 1)  cunning; wily; sly
 * 2)  a kind of pest that eats the joints of a seedling

Usage notes

 *  proscribes the use of the pronunciation.

Descendants
Others:

Etymology 2
, borrowed from.

Definitions

 * 1)  very; particularly; immensely; extremely

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) thief
 * 2) rebel

Etymology
From.