付款
fùkuǎn · HSK 7
pay out
💵 付款 = 付 (hand over) + 款 (sum of money)
付 means to hand over or pay; 款 means a sum of money or funds. Together 付款 literally means handing over the money — i.e. to pay or settle a bill.
付 — person radical 亻 + hand 寸
付 originally pictured a hand (寸) reaching out to hand something to a person (亻), depicting the act of giving or delivering. The core sense 'to hand over, deliver, pay' has remained stable since ancient bronze inscriptions. It also serves as a phonetic component in characters like 附, 符, and 府.