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
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): sóng

(Hailu, HRS): shong^ˊ
Northern Min (KCR): siǒng
Eastern Min (BUC): siòng
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): syorng² / syoeng²
Southern Min
(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–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: soeng⁴
  - Yale: sèuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sóng
  - Hakka Romanization System: song^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: song³
  - Sinological IPA: /soŋ³¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: shong^ˊ
  - Sinological IPA: /ʃoŋ²⁴/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: siǒng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siɔŋ²¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: siòng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /suoŋ⁵³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: syorng²
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: sió̤ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬyɒŋ¹³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: syoeng²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬyøŋ²⁴/
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.

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/	/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/
Bernhard 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):

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

References

“償”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “偿”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 27.

Japanese

Kanji

償

(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, 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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