What are the differences between 賠 and 償?


I am learning kanji with Heisig's method, and I have seen that **賠** and **償**
means the same (compensation, indemnify), so I have been searching for
examples in 'Yomiwa' and 'jisho.org' trying to clear my doubts. However, I
couldn't find any answer of how difference those kanjis and how or when to use
them. Thanks!!

I didn't have time to talk before, so okey. The trick is that I have usually
watched them together, but in certain cases the aren't.For example:

**賠償金** , which means: indemnities; or **賠償** that means compensation (both
words seems to means the same, okey) Then, as 'agijonazo' said, **賠** is used
in abbreviations so okey, i didn't spot that, thanks.

The other case is when **償** is alone as **償還** (amortization) or here: **償却**
(repayment, but also can means amortization)

How do I know when to use them both together or just one alone? Also, the
translations seems to be similar (when one or both kanjis are in a sentence),
are there sinonymous or just have a little different in japanese context? e.g:
償却, 償還, 償い, 賠償, 賠償金 have equals meaning.

Sorry if I am not clear enough and thank so much all you

PD: I have read naruto's post but don't understand how that is apply here




As a standalone word, 償 is used to write a Japanese word つぐなう (償う) that means
"pay for (a crime or damage)". 賠 could also be read つぐなう, but virtually unused
outside reading Classical Chinese books ([kanbun
kundoku](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanbun)).

As a part of Sino-Japanese compounds, 賠【ばい】 and 償【しょう】 have different
connotations. 賠 means "pay money for damage or harm", while 償 is "give
something (beneficial) in return to something done (good or bad)". It would be
useful to know when you end up with coining a new word, which would be
extremely rare though.

