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償
償
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See also: 偿
Translingual
Han character
償 (radical 9 人+15, 17 strokes, cangjie input 人火月金 (OFBC), four-corner 29286, composition ⿰亻賞)
- to repay, to recompense
- restitution
References
- KangXi: page 120, character 12
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1245
- Dae Jaweon: page 254, character 10
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 234, character 2
- Unihan data for U+511F
Chinese
| trad. | 償 | |
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| simp. | 偿 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 償 | ||
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References:
Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (尚) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| Old Chinese | |
| 當 | *taːŋ, *taːŋs |
| 襠 | *taːŋ |
| 鐺 | *taːŋ, *sʰraːŋ |
| 簹 | *taːŋ |
| 璫 | *taːŋ |
| 檔 | *taːŋ, *taːŋs |
| 儅 | *taːŋ, *taːŋs |
| 蟷 | *taːŋ |
| 擋 | *taːŋʔ, *taːŋs |
| 黨 | *taːŋʔ, *tʰaːŋʔ |
| 讜 | *taːŋʔ |
| 欓 | *taːŋʔ |
| 譡 | *taːŋs |
| 闣 | *taːŋs |
| 瓽 | *taːŋs |
| 鏜 | *tʰaːŋ |
| 闛 | *tʰaːŋ, *daːŋ |
| 鼞 | *tʰaːŋ |
| 曭 | *tʰaːŋʔ |
| 儻 | *tʰaːŋʔ, *tʰaːŋs |
| 戃 | *tʰaːŋʔ |
| 矘 | *tʰaːŋʔ |
| 爣 | *tʰaːŋʔ |
| 攩 | *hl'aːŋʔ, *ɦʷlaːŋʔ, *ɦʷlaːŋs |
| 淌 | *tʰaːŋʔ |
| 倘 | *tʰaːŋʔ |
| 躺 | *tʰaːŋʔ |
| 趟 | *tʰaːŋs, *rtaːŋ, *rtaːŋs |
| 堂 | *daːŋ |
| 坣 | *daːŋ |
| 棠 | *daːŋ |
| 糛 | *daːŋ |
| 螳 | *daːŋ |
| 隚 | *daːŋ |
| 橖 | *daːŋ |
| 掌 | *tjaŋʔ |
| 廠 | *tʰjaŋʔ, *tʰjaŋs |
| 敞 | *tʰjaŋʔ |
| 僘 | *tʰjaŋʔ |
| 氅 | *tʰjaŋʔ |
| 常 | *djaŋ |
| 嘗 | *djaŋ |
| 裳 | *djaŋ |
| 徜 | *djaŋ |
| 尚 | *djaŋ, *djaŋs |
| 甞 | *djaŋ |
| 鋿 | *djaŋ |
| 嫦 | *djaŋ |
| 償 | *djaŋ, *djaŋs |
| 賞 | *hjaŋʔ |
| 瞠 | *rtʰaːŋ |
| 撐 | *rtʰaːŋ |
| 樘 | *rtʰaːŋ |
| 橕 | *rtʰaːŋ |
| 牚 | *rtʰaːŋs |
| 埫 | *tʰoŋʔ |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄔㄤˊ
- Wade-Giles: ch'ang2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: changr
- IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: soeng4
- Yale: sèuhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: soeng4
- IPA (key): /sœːŋ²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
| Rime | ||
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| Character | 償 | 償 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 常 (25) | 常 (25) |
| Final (韻) | 陽 (105) | 陽 (105) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 市羊切 | 時亮切 |
| Reconstructions | ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/d͡ʑɨɐŋ/ | /d͡ʑɨɐŋH/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/d͡ʑiɐŋ/ | /d͡ʑiɐŋH/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/d͡ʑiɑŋ/ | /d͡ʑiɑŋH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/d͡ʑɨaŋ/ | /d͡ʑɨaŋH/ |
| Li Rong |
/ʑiaŋ/ | /ʑiaŋH/ |
| Wang Li |
/ʑĭaŋ/ | /ʑĭaŋH/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ʑi̯aŋ/ | /ʑi̯aŋH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
cháng | shàng |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | ||
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| Character | 償 | 償 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 11160 | 11162 |
| Phonetic component |
尚 | 尚 |
| Rime group |
陽 | 陽 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
常 | 尚 |
| Old Chinese |
/*djaŋ/ | /*djaŋs/ |
| Notes | 金文原無人旁此爲轉註 | |
Definitions
償
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Japanese
Kanji
償
- reparation
Readings
Korean
Hanja
償 • (sang) (hangeul 상, revised sang, McCune-Reischauer sang)
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Vietnamese
Han character
償 (thường)
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