You Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Cowrie (bèi) 賜 Kangxi strokes: 15 Page 1209, Entry 01 Pronounced si (falling tone). According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi), it means to give. According to the Encyclopedia of Characters (Pianhai), it means to bestow. Book of Rites (Liji), Section on Summary of Propriety (Quli): Three bestowals do not extend to chariots or horses. Commentary: Three bestowals refer to three imperial appointments. Sub-commentary: Receiving an appointment is the same as receiving a bestowal. Also, in the Jade Regulations (Yuzao): Regarding all bestowals, the treatment for a superior man and a commoner does not occur on the same day. Also, Gongyang Commentary (Gongyang Zhuan), second year of Duke Xi: The mutual rescue between the states of Yu and Guo was not a matter of mutual bestowal. Commentary: Bestowal here means favor. Also, in the Jade Volume (Yupian): Bestowal means to grant or to completely exhaust. Also a surname. Jade Sea (Yuhai): Descendants of the Qi official Zi Ci. Correct Character Guide (Zhengzitong): The commonly used form is incorrect.