償

See also: 偿

償	U+511F, 償 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-511F

← 儞
[U+511E]

CJK Unified Ideographs

儠 →
[U+5120]

Translingual

Han character

償 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+15, 17 strokes, cangjie input 人火月金 (OFBC), four-corner 2928₆, composition ⿰亻賞)

References

KangXi: page 120, character 12
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1245
Dae Jaweon: page 254, character 10
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 234, character 2
Unihan data for U+511F

Chinese

trad.		償
simp.		偿

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 償

**Bronze inscriptions**
b12334

**Small seal script**
s05794

References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Characters in the same phonetic series (尚) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
當	taːŋ, taːŋs
襠	*taːŋ
鐺	taːŋ, sʰraːŋ
簹	*taːŋ
璫	*taːŋ
檔	taːŋ, taːŋs
儅	taːŋ, taːŋs
蟷	*taːŋ
擋	taːŋʔ, taːŋs
黨	taːŋʔ, tʰaːŋʔ
讜	*taːŋʔ
欓	*taːŋʔ
譡	*taːŋs
闣	*taːŋs
瓽	*taːŋs
鏜	*tʰaːŋ
闛	tʰaːŋ, daːŋ
鼞	*tʰaːŋ
曭	*tʰaːŋʔ
儻	tʰaːŋʔ, tʰaːŋs
戃	*tʰaːŋʔ
矘	*tʰaːŋʔ
爣	*tʰaːŋʔ
攩	hl'aːŋʔ, ɦʷlaːŋʔ, *ɦʷlaːŋs
淌	*tʰaːŋʔ
倘	*tʰaːŋʔ
躺	*tʰaːŋʔ
趟	tʰaːŋs, rtaːŋ, *rtaːŋs
堂	*daːŋ
坣	*daːŋ
棠	*daːŋ
糛	*daːŋ
螳	*daːŋ
隚	*daːŋ
橖	*daːŋ
掌	*tjaŋʔ
廠	tʰjaŋʔ, tʰjaŋs
敞	*tʰjaŋʔ
僘	*tʰjaŋʔ
氅	*tʰjaŋʔ
常	*djaŋ
嘗	*djaŋ
裳	*djaŋ
徜	*djaŋ
尚	djaŋ, djaŋs
甞	*djaŋ
鋿	*djaŋ
嫦	*djaŋ
償	djaŋ, djaŋs
賞	*hjaŋʔ
瞠	*rtʰaːŋ
撐	*rtʰaːŋ
樘	*rtʰaːŋ
橕	*rtʰaːŋ
牚	*rtʰaːŋs
埫	*tʰoŋʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *djaŋ, *djaŋs) : semantic 亻 + phonetic 賞 (OC *hjaŋʔ).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cháng (chang²)
(Zhuyin): ㄔㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁴
Min Bei (KCR): siǒng
Min Dong (BUC): siòng
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): siông / siâng / sióng
(Teochew, Peng'im): sion⁵ / siên⁵ / tang²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cháng
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cháng
  - Wade–Giles: chʻang²
  - Yale: cháng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: charng
  - Palladius: чан (čan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: soeng⁴
  - Yale: sèuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ²¹/
Min Bei
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: siǒng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siɔŋ²¹/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: siòng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /suoŋ⁵³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siông
  - Tâi-lô: siông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sioong
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen): /ɕiɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɔŋ²³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siâng
  - Tâi-lô: siâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siaang
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiaŋ¹³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sióng
  - Tâi-lô: sióng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siorng
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /ɕiɔŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɔŋ⁴¹/

Note:

siông/siâng - literary;
sióng - vernacular (俗).

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: sion⁵ / siên⁵ / tang²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siôⁿ / siêⁿ / tháng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sĩõ⁵⁵/, /sĩẽ⁵⁵/, /tʰaŋ⁵²/

Note:

sion5/siên5 - vernacular (siên5 - Chaozhou);
tang2 - literary.

Middle Chinese: /d͡ʑɨɐŋ/, /d͡ʑɨɐŋ^H/

Rime
Character	償	償
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	常 (25)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	市羊切	時亮切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʑɨɐŋ/	/d͡ʑɨɐŋ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ʑiɐŋ/	/d͡ʑiɐŋ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʑiɑŋ/	/d͡ʑiɑŋ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ʑɨaŋ/	/d͡ʑɨaŋ^H/
Li Rong	/ʑiaŋ/	/ʑiaŋ^H/
Wang Li	/ʑĭaŋ/	/ʑĭaŋ^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʑi̯aŋ/	/ʑi̯aŋ^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cháng	shàng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	soeng⁴	soeng⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*djaŋ/, /*djaŋs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	償	償
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	11160	11162
Phonetic component	尚	尚
Rime group	陽	陽
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	常	尚
Old Chinese	/*djaŋ/	/*djaŋs/
Notes	金文原無人旁此爲轉註

Definitions

償

(literary, or in compounds) to repay; to recompense
(literary, or in compounds) restitution; compensation
(literary, or in compounds, of a wish) to be fulfilled

Synonyms

(to repay): 抵補／抵补 (dǐbǔ)
(restitution):

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待遇 (dàiyù)
報償／报偿 (bàocháng)

報酬／报酬 (bàochóu)
酬勞／酬劳 (chóuláo)

酬報／酬报 (chóubào)

Compounds

一償宿願／一偿宿愿
代償／代偿 (dàicháng)
以血償血／以血偿血
保險賠償／保险赔偿
償付／偿付 (chángfù)
償債／偿债 (chángzhài)
償命／偿命 (chángmìng)
償得夙願／偿得夙愿
償補／偿补
償責／偿责
償還／偿还 (chánghuán)
償願／偿愿
取償／取偿
國家賠償／国家赔偿

國際索償／国际索偿
報償／报偿 (bàocháng)
夙願以償／夙愿以偿
如願以償／如愿以偿 (rúyuànyǐcháng)
得不償失／得不偿失 (débùchángshī)
得償所願／得偿所愿 (déchángsuǒyuàn)
抵償／抵偿 (dǐcháng)
損害賠償／损害赔偿
有償契約／有偿契约
有償行為／有偿行为
殺人償命／杀人偿命
求償／求偿
法償貨幣／法偿货币 (fǎcháng huòbì)

清償／清偿 (qīngcháng)
無償／无偿 (wúcháng)
無償契約／无偿契约
補償／补偿 (bǔcháng)
補償作用／补偿作用
補償支付／补偿支付
補償教育／补偿教育
補償財政／补偿财政
補償費／补偿费
賠償／赔偿 (péicháng)
賠償醫學／赔偿医学
酬償／酬偿
難償所願／难偿所愿

Japanese

Kanji

償

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

reparation

Readings

Go-on: じょう (jō)^{←じやう (zyau, historical)}
Kan-on: しょう (shō, Jōyō)^{←しやう (syau, historical)}
Kun: つぐなう (tsugunau, 償う, Jōyō)^{←つぐなふ (tugunafu, historical)}; つぐない (tsugunai, 償い)^{←つぐなひ (tugunafi, historical)}

Korean

Hanja

償 (eum 상 (sang))

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Vietnamese

Han character

償: Hán Nôm readings: thường

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