As usual, let us dissemble the character 赂, or its Traditional form 賂, to guess its meaning.
From its structure, left hand side is 贝 or 貝, right hand side is 各. We have learnt that 贝 | 貝 means treasures or money, and 各 has the meaning of "walking to my or our place". Why would somebody bring treasures or money to us? To bribe us mainly, unless he is a close friend of us.
From its structure, left hand side is 贝 or 貝, right hand side is 各. We have learnt that 贝 | 貝 means treasures or money, and 各 has the meaning of "walking to my or our place". Why would somebody bring treasures or money to us? To bribe us mainly, unless he is a close friend of us.
yes, 赂 | 賂 means Bribe. And of course 赂 | 賂 also means "bring gift to somebody" when people visits his friends.
And let us examine its evolution history to have a better understanding of 赂 | 賂: (image taken from http://vividict.com/)
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| Learn one Chinese Character a day - 赂 | 賂 |
is obviously composed of 
and 
. Our current way of writing 赂 | 賂 is a clear continuation from .
Now it is time to enjoy a Chinese calligraphy of 赂 | 賂:
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| 贿赂 |
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