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償

償 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. つぐなう。
  2. 報酬。代価。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「人」+音符「賞」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

reparation, make up for, recompense, redeem

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ショウJHS
Kun (native)
  • つぐな(う)JHS
Other languages
  • 拼音chang2
  • 한글sang
  • Hán-ViệtThường

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
17 strokes
Radical
人(ひと)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+511F

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰亻賞

Words using this kanji

  • 償還しょうかん借金や土地など借りたものを返却すること。 金銭の債務の弁済。repayment, redemption, amortization, amortisation
  • 償却しょうきゃく資産を取得するためにした金銭の支出を、幾つかの期間にわたって費用として計上していく手続きのこと。償却に伴い、資産の金額が減少していくこととなる。 借金を償い返すこと。repayment, redemption, depreciation, amortization
  • 償いつぐないrecompense, indemnity, atonement
  • 償うつぐなうつぐなう 参照to make up for, to compensate for, to indemnify, to recompense
  • 償金しょうきん損害を償うための金銭。reparation, redemption
  • 償還期間しょうかんきかんredemption period, repayment term
  • 償却資産しょうきゃくしさんdepreciable assets, depreciation assets
  • 償還義務者しょうかんぎむしゃguarantor (of a payment)

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-2-15
Four Corner
2928.6
Spahn–Hadamitzky
2a15.4
Heisig
1060
Nelson
563