cháng

repay

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
亻 meaning component

  Meaning component

rén

  

person

is a component form of .

尝 sound component

  Sound component

cháng

  

taste

Evolution

偿 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
偿 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
偿 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
偿 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
偿 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

cháng

repay, recompense; restitution; to repay; to compensate for; to recompense; to fulfill (hopes etc)

Most common words with 偿
Freq.
Word
Meaning

补偿

to compensate

赔偿

to compensate

偿还

to repay

to repay

无偿

free