償 – reparation, make up for, recompense

17 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#854 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 償 means reparation, make up for, recompense, redeem. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ショウ (shou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is つぐな.う (tsugunau). It is written with 17 strokes, under radical 人 (no. 9).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ショウ	shou
Kun’yomi	つぐな.う	tsugunau

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 人 (Kangxi radical 9). Components: 化・貝・目・ハ・口・尚・冖.

Words using 償

補償ほしょうcompensation賠償ばいしょうcompensation弁償べんしょうcompensation

Example sentences

政府は損害を補償しなければならなかった。

The government had to make up for the loss.

Tatoeba #143130

彼は怪我の賠償として多額の金を受け取った。

He received a large sum of money in compensation for his injury.

Tatoeba #109026

弁償代きっちり耳そろえて払わんかい。

Aren't you paying for the damages in full?

Tatoeba #75714

Kanji with the same radical

会人今代体作以保信件側任使係価住

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