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Chinese symbol for “indemnify”

赔
péi
Traditional: 賠
to compensate for loss; to indemnify; to suffer a financial loss

The closest CC-CEDICT match for indemnify is 赔 (péi), defined as: to compensate for loss; to indemnify; to suffer a financial loss.

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Characters and stroke order

赔 péi
to compensate, to pay damages, to suffer a loss
radical 154 ⾙ · 12 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 赔.

WordPinyinMeaning
赔偿 (賠償)péi chángto compensate
索赔 (索賠)suǒ péito ask for compensation; to claim damages
赔率 (賠率)péi lǜbetting odds
赔钱 (賠錢)péi qiánto lose money; to suffer a financial loss; to pay for damages
赔款 (賠款)péi kuǎnreparations; to pay reparations
赔付 (賠付)péi fùto pay out; to compensate

See also: Japanese symbol for “indemnify”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.