抵偿
dǐ​cháng

compensate

抵 dǐ resist

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 氐 represents the sound.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

氐
氐 Sound component
dī, dǐ, zhī bottom

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttejXtˤijʔ push away

說文解字

《說文》：“抵，擠也。从手，氐聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

偿 cháng repay Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 尝 represents the sound. Simplified form of 償.

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

尝
尝 Sound component
cháng taste

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

償 cháng repay Traditional

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person

person

賞
賞 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
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)