奖
prize; award; bonus; reward; (bound form) to encourage; to commend; to praise; to award; to give as a reward
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Dict coverage rank #993 U+5956
How 奖 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
大 (semantic, “big”) + 丬 (phonetic, qiáng)
How to remember it
award · Heisig RSH #2466
chocolate turtle + St. Bernard dog
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 丬
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 丬 (qiáng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 丬 sound component | qiáng | half of tree trunk |
| 状 | zhuàng | state, condition; shape, appearance, form; certificate |
| 酱 | jiàng | sauce, paste, jam |
| 浆 | jiāng | pulp, starch, syrup; a thick fluid |
| 壮 | zhuàng | big, large; robust, strong; the name of a tribe |
| 妆 | zhuāng | adornment, make-up; to dress up, to use make-up |
| 桨 | jiǎng | paddle, oar |
Words containing 奖
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 萨哈罗夫人权奖 | Sà hǎ luó fū Rén quán jiǎng | the EU Sakharov Human Rights Prize |
| 奖学金 | jiǎng xué jīn | scholarship; CL:筆|笔[bi3] |
| 金马奖 | Jīn mǎ jiǎng | Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards |
| 诺贝尔物理学奖 | Nuò bèi ěr Wù lǐ xué Jiǎng | Nobel Prize in Physics |
| 金球奖 | Jīn qiú jiǎng | Golden Globe Award |
| 诺贝尔文学奖 | Nuò bèi ěr Wén xué Jiǎng | Nobel Prize in Literature |
| 萨哈罗夫奖 | Sà hǎ luó fū jiǎng | Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought (awarded by EU since 1988) |
| 百花奖 | Bǎi huā jiǎng | Hundred Flowers Awards, film prize awarded since 1962 |
| 萨哈诺夫人权奖 | Sà hǎ nuò fū Rén quán jiǎng | the EU Sakharov prize for human rights |
| 奥斯卡金像奖 | Ào sī kǎ Jīn xiàng jiǎng | an Academy Award; an Oscar |
| 诺贝尔和平奖 | Nuò bèi ěr Hé píng jiǎng | Nobel Peace Prize |
| 金曲奖 | Jīn qǔ jiǎng | Golden Melody Awards |
| 萨克洛夫奖 | Sà kè luò fū Jiǎng | Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, awarded by the European Parliament annually since 1… |
| 电影奖 | diàn yǐng jiǎng | film award |
| 大奖赛 | dà jiǎng sài | grand prix |
| 大奖 | dà jiǎng | prize; award |
| 格莱美奖 | Gé lái měi jiǎng | Grammy Award (US music industry award) |
| 中奖 | zhòng jiǎng | to win a prize (in a lottery etc) |
| 头奖 | tóu jiǎng | first prize |
| 奖金 | jiǎng jīn | premium; award money; bonus |