Read Edit View history Discussion 赔 péi HSK5 indemnify Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 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 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 ChineseZhengzhangbɯː Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang