償
- Kanji
- 償
- Level
- N1
- Meaning
- recompense, compensate
- On'yomi
- ショウ
- Kun'yomi
- つぐな.う
- Strokes
- 17
- Common compounds
賠償 (ばいしょう) compensation / 償う (つぐなう) to compensate
- Memory hook
When you compensate, you give money (貝, shell/money) for something that has been lost or damaged (賞, similar to prize, implying something valuable).