Chinese Character 償 Meanings and components.

Form

償

Meaning

償 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 償 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'person' radical in … (亻) , and to bestow (a … (賞)

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 OFBC

How to write 償

To write償chang2to repay you should write a combination of 亻ren2'person' radical … , 賞shang3to bestow … arranged in a 吅 shape:

亻 + 賞 = 償

償 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

償
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]
賞
Pinyin:shang3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Bestow (A Reward) . To Give (To An Inferior) . To Hand Down . A Reward (Bestowed By A Superior) . To Appreciate (Beauty)
尚
Pinyin:shang4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Shang
小
Pinyin:xiao3
Meaning[3]: Small . Tiny . Few . Young
冋
Pinyin:jiong1 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Archaic Variant Of 坰[Jiong1]
冂
Pinyin:jiong1
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 13), Occurring In 用, 同, 网 Etc . See Also 同字框[Tong2 Zi4 Kuang4]
囗
Pinyin:wei2
Meaning[3]: Enclosure
貝
Pinyin:bei4
Meaning[3]: Surname Bei
目
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Eye . Item . Section . List . Catalogue . Table Of Contents . Order (Taxonomy) . Goal . Name . Title
八
Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: Eight . 8

Notes

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

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

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