Chinese Character 偿 Meanings and components.

Form

偿

Meaning

偿 meaning[3] in English

To Repay.

To Compensate For.

To Recompense.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 偿 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'person' radical in … (亻) , and to taste (尝)

Its radical[1] is: 人 (ren2) which means: Man, Person, People, Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4], .人ren2man

In cangjie it is written with OFBI

How to write 偿

To write偿chang2to repay you should write a combination of 亻ren2'person' radical … , 尝chang2to taste arranged in a 吅 shape:

亻 + 尝 = 偿

偿 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 偿 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 偿, looks as follow:

偿
Pinyin:chang2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Repay . To Compensate For . To Recompense . To Fulfill (Hopes Etc)
亻
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: 'Person' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 9)
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
尝
Pinyin:chang2 Shape:冖
Meaning[3]: To Taste . To Try . To Experience . Already . Ever . Once
小
Pinyin:xiao3
Meaning[3]: Small . Tiny . Few . Young
云
Pinyin:yun2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: (Classical) To Say
二
Pinyin:er4
Meaning[3]: Two . 2 . (Beijing Dialect) Stupid
厶
Pinyin:si1
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 某[Mou3]

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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