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Chinese symbol for “repay”

偿还
cháng huán
Traditional: 償還
to repay; to reimburse

The closest CC-CEDICT match for repay is 偿还 (cháng huán), defined as: to repay; to reimburse.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

偿 cháng
to repay, to recompense; restitution
radical 9 ⼈ · 11 strokes
还 huán
also, besides; still, yet; to return
radical 162 ⾡ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “repay”

WordPinyinMeaning
报答 (報答)bào dáto repay; to requite
偿 (償)chángto repay; to compensate for
报偿 (報償)bào chángto repay; to recompense
偿清 (償清)cháng qīngto repay; to pay off a debt
酬报 (酬報)chóu bàoto repay; to reward

Related words

Other words that share a character with 偿还.

WordPinyinMeaning
补偿 (補償)bǔ chángto compensate; to make up
赔偿 (賠償)péi chángto compensate
无偿 (無償)wú chángfree; no charge; at no cost
有偿 (有償)yǒu chángpaying; paid (not free)
赔偿金 (賠償金)péi cháng jīncompensation
还有 (還有)hái yǒuthere still remain(s); there is (or are) still; in addition
还是 (還是)hái shistill (as before); had better
还好 (還好)hái hǎonot bad; pretty good; fortunately; luckily

See also: Japanese symbol for “repay”.

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.

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