償

See also: 偿

Translingual

Han character

償 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+15, 17 strokes, cangjie input 人火月金 (OFBC), four-corner 2928₆, composition ⿰亻賞)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 120, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1245
• Dae Jaweon: page 254, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 234, character 2
• Unihan data for U+511F

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Chinese

trad.		償
simp.		偿

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 償
Bronze inscriptions b12334 Small seal script s05794
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Characters in the same phonetic series (尚) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *djaŋ, *djaŋs) : semantic 亻 + phonetic 賞 (OC *hjaŋʔ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cháng (chang²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁴
• Northern Min (KCR): siǒng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siông / siâng / sióng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cháng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cháng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻang²
    • Yale: cháng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: charng
    • Palladius: чан (čan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: soeng⁴
    • Yale: sèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ²¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: siǒng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siɔŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siông
    • Tâi-lô: siông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sioong
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen): /siɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɔŋ²³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siâng
    • Tâi-lô: siâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siaang
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siaŋ¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sióng
    • Tâi-lô: sióng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siorng
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /siɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɔŋ⁴¹/

Note:

• siông/siâng - literary;
• sióng - vernacular (俗).

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• Middle Chinese: dzyang, dzyangH

Rime
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
Baxter	dzyang	dzyangH
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
Expected Cantonese Reflex	soeng4	soeng6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*djaŋ/, /*djaŋs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
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

(deprecated template usage) 償

1. to repay; to recompense
2. restitution; compensation

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Japanese

Kanji

償

(Jōyō kanji)

1. reparation

Readings

• Go-on: じょう (jō)^{←じやう (zyau, historical)}
• Kan-on: しょう (shō, Jōyō)^{←しやう (syau, historical)}
• Kun: つぐなう (tsugunau, 償う, Jōyō)^{←つぐなふ (tugunafu, 償ふ, historical)}; つぐない (tsugunai, 償い)^{←つぐなひ (tugunafi, 償ひ, historical)}

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Korean

Hanja

償 (eum 상 (sang))

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Vietnamese

Han character

償: Hán Nôm readings: thường

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