Chinese symbol for “bequeath”
遗赠
yí zèng
Traditional: 遺贈
to bequeath
The closest CC-CEDICT match for bequeath is 遗赠 (yí zèng), defined as: to bequeath.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “bequeath”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 留传 (留傳) | liú chuán | to bequeath (to later generations); a legacy |
| 垂 | chuí | to hang (down); droop |
| 贻 (貽) | yí | to present; to bequeath |
| 诒 (詒) | yí | (archaic) to present; to bequeath |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 遗赠.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 遗憾 (遺憾) | yí hàn | regret; to regret |
| 遗址 (遺址) | yí zhǐ | ruins; historic relics |
| 遗产 (遺產) | yí chǎn | heritage; legacy |
| 遗传 (遺傳) | yí chuán | heredity; to inherit (a trait) |
| 遗体 (遺體) | yí tǐ | remains (of a dead person) |
| 遗忘 (遺忘) | yí wàng | to forget; to cease to think about (sb or sth) anymore |
| 捐赠 (捐贈) | juān zèng | to contribute (as a gift); to donate |
| 赠送 (贈送) | zèng sòng | to present as a gift |
See also: Japanese symbol for “bequeath”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.