补偿费
bǔ​cháng​fèi

compensation

补 bǔ mend, patch Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 衤 represents the meaning and 卜 represents the sound. Simplified form of 補.

Components

衤
衤 Meaning component
yī clothes

衤 is a component form of 衣.

卜
卜 Sound component
bo fortune telling

Sources

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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

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费 fèi expenses Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 贝 represents the meaning and 弗 represents the sound. Simplified form of 費.

Components

弗
弗 Sound component
fú not
贝
贝 Meaning component
bèi sea shell

In ancient China shells were used as currency.

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

镄

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補 bǔ mend, patch Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 衤 represents the meaning and 甫 represents the sound.

Components

衤
衤 Meaning component
yī clothes

衤 is a component form of 衣.

甫
甫 Sound component
fu begin

Character Evolution

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
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartpuX[Cə]-pˤaʔ to patch

說文解字

《說文》：“補，完衣也。从衣，甫聲。”

Sources

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Academia Sinica
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Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

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

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Zhengzhang Shangfang
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Academia Sinica
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Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

費 fèi expenses Traditional

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

Components

弗
弗 Sound component
fú not
貝
貝 Meaning component
bèi sea shell

In ancient China shells were used as currency.

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Spring and Autumn ~700 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 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
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartphj+jHpʰ[u]t-s squander

說文解字

《說文》：“費，散財用也。从貝，弗聲。”

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)