賠 means “compensation”

ばい · bai

Also: indemnify

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

バイ

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 15 strokes

The story

Money (貝) beside 咅, standing (立) over a mouth (口): picture the guilty party standing before you, counting out what is owed. 賠 lives in 賠償, compensation, as in 損害賠償, the damages owed to someone you have harmed.

Used in 賠償 (baishou, compensation), 損害賠償 (songai baishou, damages), and 賠償金 (baishoukin, compensation money)

More from Pay & Taxes

• 稼 earn
• 酬 reward
• 俸 salary
• 租 tax
• 賦 levy
• 捗 progress
• 就 take up
• 償 compensate
• 貢 tribute
• 賃 fee

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.