英语 (same as 貤) to change hands; to shift, a series, steps; grades, to promote; to reward; ennobled; to bestow, to extend; to prolong
重次弟物也。从貝也聲。以豉切
(貤)重次弟物也。漢書注引作物之重次弟也。重次弟者、旣次弟之又因而重之也。漢武帝詔曰。受爵賞而欲移賣者、無所流貤。應劭訓貤爲移。上林賦說果樹曰。貤丘陵。下平原。郭樸曰。貤、猶延也。按賣爵者展轉與人。蔓莚丘陵者層曡茲長。皆重次弟之意也。毛詩施于中谷、施于孫子、皆當作貤。从貝。也聲。以豉切。古音在十七部。