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 Dictionary: 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／形声, OC *djaŋ, *djaŋs) : semantic 亻 + phonetic 賞 (OC *hjaŋʔ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cháng (chang²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁴
• Northern Min (KCR): siǒng
• Eastern Min (BUC): siòng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): siông / siâng / sióng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sion⁵ / siên⁵ / tang²

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• 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–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: soeng⁴
    • Yale: sèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ²¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: siǒng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siɔŋ²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: siòng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /suoŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siông
    • Tâi-lô: siông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sioong
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen): /siɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɔŋ²³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siâng
    • Tâi-lô: siâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siaang
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siaŋ¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sióng
    • Tâi-lô: sióng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siorng
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /siɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɔŋ⁴¹/

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.

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• Middle Chinese: dzyang, dzyangH

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
Baxter	dzyang	dzyangH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʑɨɐŋ/	/d͡ʑɨɐŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ʑiɐŋ/	/d͡ʑiɐŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʑiɑŋ/	/d͡ʑiɑŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ʑɨaŋ/	/d͡ʑɨaŋH/
Li Rong	/ʑiaŋ/	/ʑiaŋH/
Wang Li	/ʑĭaŋ/	/ʑĭaŋH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʑi̯aŋ/	/ʑi̯aŋH/
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

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

Synonyms

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

edit

• 報償／报偿 (bàocháng)
• 報酬／报酬 (bàochóu)
• 待遇 (dàiyù)
• 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

(Jōyō kanji)

1. 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, 償ふ, historical)}、つぐない (tsugunai, 償い)^{←つぐなひ (tugunafi, 償ひ, historical)}

Korean

Hanja

償 (eum 상 (sang))

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Vietnamese

Han character

償: Hán Nôm readings: thường

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