bào​cháng

repay

bào report Simplified

Original meaning: punish

Simplified form of . Depicts a person being subdued (𠬝) by shackles (). Based on the original meaning "punish". The meaning later shifted to "revenge", "recompense", "report", and "announce".

Components

Simplified component
shou, shǒu hand

Shorthand for the component in the traditional character .

𠬝
𠬝 Iconic component
subdue

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

cháng repay Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components

Meaning component
rén person

is a component form of .

Sound component
cháng taste

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

bào report Traditional

Original meaning: punish

Depicts a person being subdued (𠬝) by shackles (). Based on the original meaning "punish". The meaning later shifted to "revenge", "recompense", "report", and "announce".

Components

Iconic component
niè, xìng instrument of torture used in ancient times
𠬝
𠬝 Iconic component
subdue

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartpawHpˤuk-s repay

說文解字

《說文》:“報,當罪人也。从,从。,服罪也。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica

cháng repay Traditional

Components

Meaning component
rén person

person

Sound component
shǎng reward

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangdjaŋ
djaŋs

說文解字

還也。从人賞聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica