赐 ci4 confer grant bestow award

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ci4 confer bestow grant rare example of a yang type character that doesn't use (y)-ang as it's sound clue.赐 
this is a traditional character so it's a clam on the left, not a deformed child. we know it's traditional because the sun on the top right is not abbreviated down to just a line.the line on the top right of traditional yang2杨 e.g. is from cursive. That yang means poplar tree. Note that -ang is the usual rhyming final associated with a the character which indicates the idea of the sun orbiting the earth casting its shadows and lights accross the landscape 易yi4 easy exchange.

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