TSUMUGU · TOCFL B1 (est.) · 字
償
償 ＝ 亻 ＋ 賞
ㄔㄤˊ · cháng
verb — to repay, compensate, make good
字源 FORM — what the parts do
亻義a person
{zh,ch,sh}ITshǎng → cháng — the retroflex initial shifts, tone too
A person (亻) hands back what is owed — to repay. 賞 shǎng carries the sound, the initial sliding across the retroflex row to cháng. The 貝 inside 賞 is shell-money — fitting for a debt paid.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
那個人（亻）把當初領的賞（賞）原數還了回去。
The man (亻) returns, coin for coin, the reward (賞) he once took.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)償還、賠償— to repay; to compensate常用
→補償— to make good, offset a loss
⇒償願、如願以償— to fulfill (a wish)
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension