认赔
rèn​péi

compensate

认 rèn recognize Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 讠 represents the meaning and 人 represents the sound.

Components

讠
讠 Meaning component
yán speech

讠 is a component form of 言.

人
人 Sound component
rén, ren person

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

赔 péi indemnify Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 贝 represents the meaning and 咅 represents the sound. Simplified form of 賠.

Components

贝
贝 Meaning component
bèi sea shell
咅
咅 Sound component
pǒu to spit out

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

認 rèn recognize Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 忍 represents the sound.

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech
忍
忍 Sound component
rěn endure

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartnyinHnə[n]-s know

Sources

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

賠 péi indemnify Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 貝 represents the meaning and 咅 represents the sound.

Components

貝
貝 Meaning component
bèi sea shell
咅
咅 Sound component
pǒu to spit out

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangbɯː

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang