漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
償: reparation, make up for
Also: recompense, redeem
JLPT N117 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
亻 carries the meaning · 賞 gives the sound
17 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
ショウshou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 賠償ばいしょうcompensation; reparations; indemnity
- 補償ほしょうcompensation; reparation
- 無償むしょうwithout compensation; without reward
- 償還しょうかんrepayment; redemption; amortization
- 償却しょうきゃくrepayment; redemption
- 代償だいしょうcompensation; reparation; indemnification
- 有償ゆうしょう(involving) payment
つぐなうtsugunau · kun'yomi · on its own
- 償いつぐないrecompense; indemnity; atonement
Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“See the person standing tall, ready to interact with the world! When this radical appears on the left, it signals that the kanji describes a human quality, a social relationship, or an action that people perform.”
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Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSimplified 偿 · traditional, as in Japanese · cháng
Japan keeps the traditional form 償; mainland China simplifies it to 偿.
- Simplified
- 偿 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 償 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin cháng most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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