The kanji 償: meaning, readings and stroke order

償

Meaning: make up for, compensate
On reading: ショウ shou
Kun reading: つぐな（う） tsugunau
Strokes: 17
Radical: 人 man, human
Level: Level 9 · senior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: đền bù, bồi thường (thường)
Japanese: つぐなう。かわりにかえす。
Korean: 갚다, 보상하다 (상)
Chinese: 赔偿、补偿 (偿)

Readings, words and example sentences

ショウ shou · on reading · less common

無む償しょう
free of charge
無む償しょうで直してもらいました。
They fixed it for me for free.

つぐな（う） tsugunau · kun reading · less common

償つぐなう
to make up for, to pay for (damage)
こわした分を 償つぐないます。
I pay for the part I broke.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.