TSUMUGU · C1 (est.) · 字
賂
ㄌㄨˋ · lù
verb/noun — to bribe; a bribe, a gift for favor
字源 FORM — what the parts do
IFTgè → lù — initial, final and tone all moved off the donor
Goods (貝) handed over — a present, then a present that buys favor. 各 carries the sound gè, worn far to lù. The sense settles on the bribe: 賄賂 a bribe, 賂遺 to bribe with gifts. It lives almost always beside 賄.
意 · Meanings
(本義)賂、賂遺— to present, to bribe常用
→賄賂— a bribe, graft常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension