償 (cháng)

to repay/to compensate

How 償 is written

Strokes
17
Radical
亻 — human
Traditional
償
Simplified
偿

Components

Common words using 償

補償 bǔcháng
to compensate; to make up
賠償 péicháng
to compensate
償命 chángmìng
to pay with one's life
償還 chánghuán
to repay; to reimburse
如願以償 rúyuànyǐcháng
to have one's wish fulfilled
得不償失 débùchángshī
(saying) the gains do not make up for the losses
無償 wúcháng
free; no charge; at no cost
代償 dàicháng
(medical) compensation; to repay a debt or obligation in place of someone else
償付 chángfù
to pay back
償債 chángzhài
to repay a debt
報償 bàocháng
repay; recompense
有償 yǒucháng
paying; paid (not free)

償 in a sentence

弄壞東西要賠償。

Nòng huài dōngxī yào péicháng.

“You must compensate if you break something.”

How common is 償?

償 is the 1,327th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 93.2% of all running text.

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