U+8CFD "賽" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
U+8CFD "賽" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a traditional Chinese character that primarily means "competition," "contest," or "to compete," and it is used in various East Asian languages including Japanese and Korean. In Modern Chinese, it appears in common words such as "比賽" (bǐsài, meaning "match" or "game") and "賽跑" (sàipǎo, meaning "race"). The character's structure combines the radical "貝" (shell, representing wealth or value) with other components, reflecting its historical association with exchange and rivalry. In Japanese, it is used in terms like "競賽" (kyōsai, meaning "competition") and "賽銭" (saisen, meaning "offering money" at shrines), while in Korean it appears in words such as "대회" (competition). Overall, this character is integral to expressing competitive events and formal contests across multiple writing systems.