陪

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to accompany; to keep sb company; to assist; old variant of 賠|赔[pei2]

Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

阝 meaning “place” + 咅 sound ( pǒu )

Components 阝咅

accompany · Heisig RSH #2341

pinnacle + muzzle

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
大陪审团	dà péi shěn tuán	grand jury
三陪小姐	sān péi xiǎo jie	female escort; bar girl
陪产假	péi chǎn jià	paternity leave
地陪	dì péi	local guide; tour escort
作陪	zuò péi	to attend (a banquet etc) to keep a chief guest company
陪审员	péi shěn yuán	juror
陪唱女	péi chàng nǚ	KTV hostess
陪同	péi tóng	to accompany
全陪	quán péi	tour escort (throughout the entire tour)
陪酒	péi jiǔ	to drink along (with sb)
陪产	péi chǎn	to be present during childbirth
失陪	shī péi	Excuse me, I must be leaving now.
陪审团	péi shěn tuán	jury
陪唱小姐	péi chàng xiǎo jie	KTV hostess
陪罪	péi zuì	to apologize; apology
陪都	péi dū	provisional capital of a country (e.g. in time of war); secondary capital; alternative cap…
陪护	péi hù	to attend to the needs of (an invalid, disabled person etc); caregiver
陪葬品	péi zàng pǐn	funerary objects (items buried together with the dead)
陪读	péi dú	to accompany one's child or spouse who is studying overseas; to help a child with their st…
陪送	péi sòng	dowry; to give as a dowry; to accompany sb

Characters sharing the sound component 咅 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
咅 sound part	pǒu	to spit out
部	bù	department, ministry; division, unit; part, section
培	péi	to cultivate, to farm; to shore up
剖	pōu	to bisect, to dissect, to slice
赔	péi	to compensate, to pay damages, to suffer a loss
菩	pú	herb, aromatic plant
焙	bèi	to bake, to roast; to dry by the fire
涪	fú	a river in Sichuan province
碚	bèi	suburb
瓿	bù	vase, pot, jar
掊	póu	to extract; to injure
踣	bó	stiff, corpse-like; rigor mortis
醅	pēi	unstrained spirits
锫	péi	berkelium