cháng

repay

Components
亻 meaning component

  Meaning component

rén

  

person

person

賞 sound component

  Sound component

shǎng

  

reward

Evolution

償 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

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

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
償 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
償 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

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cháng

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

Most common words with 償
Freq.
Word
Meaning

补偿

to compensate

赔偿

to compensate

偿还

to repay

to repay

无偿

free