Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Animals & Wildlife

賠: compensation, indemnify

JLPT N115 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

貝 carries the meaning · 咅 gives the sound

15 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

バイbai · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 賠償ばいしょうcompensation; reparations; indemnity
  • 賠償金ばいしょうきんindemnities; reparations
  • 損害賠償そんがいばいしょう
  • 自賠責保険じばいせきほけんmandatory vehicle liability insurance

Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Treasure the moment! This radical represents the very origins of commerce and the primal concept of wealth.”
More in the 貝 shell story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
貝

Also built on shell (貝)

All 38
咅

Also built on 咅

賠 takes the 咅 family's reading, バイ (bai).

Also read バイ

12 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
賠 compensation · 貝 + 咅
vs噴 erupt · 口 + 賁
賠 has 貝 + 咅 where 噴 has 口 + 賁.
In ChineseSimplified 赔 · traditional, as in Japanese · péi

Japan keeps the traditional form 賠; mainland China simplifies it to 赔.

Simplified
赔 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
賠 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin péi 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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