獎

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See also: 奖, 奬, and 奨
獎 U+734E, 獎
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-734E
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Translingual

Traditional 獎
Shinjitai 奨
Simplified 奖

Han character

獎 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 女戈戈大 (VIIK), four-corner 27430, composition ⿱將犬)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 717, character 29
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20637
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1129, character 7
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1364, character 14
  • Unihan data for U+734E

Chinese

trad. 獎
simp. 奖
alternative forms 奬／奖
㢡
奨

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (爿) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
臧 *ʔsaːŋ
牂 *ʔsaːŋ
戕 *kaːl, *ʔsaːŋ, *zaŋ
贓 *ʔsaːŋ
藏 *zaːŋ, *zaːŋs
奘 *zaːŋʔ, *zaːŋs
臟 *zaːŋs
將 *ʔsaŋ, *ʔsaŋs
漿 *ʔsaŋ
鱂 *ʔsaŋ
蔣 *ʔsaŋ, *ʔsaŋʔ
螿 *ʔsaŋ
槳 *ʔsaŋʔ
獎 *ʔsaŋʔ
醬 *ʔsaŋs
鏘 *sʰaŋ
蹡 *sʰaŋ, *ʔshaŋs
嶈 *sʰaŋ
斨 *sʰaŋ
爿 *braːn, *zaŋ
牆 *zaŋ
妝 *ʔsraŋ
莊 *ʔsraŋ
裝 *ʔsraŋ, *ʔsraŋs
壯 *ʔsraŋs
疒 *rnɯːɡ, *zraŋ
床 *zraŋ
牀 *zraŋ
狀 *zraŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ʔsaŋʔ) : phonetic 將 (OC *ʔsaŋ, *ʔsaŋs) + semantic 犬 (“dog”). The significance of 犬 is debated; cf. the same radical in 獻.

Pronunciation

Note:
  • chióng/chiáng - literary;
  • chiúⁿ - vernacular.
Rime
Character 獎
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 精 (13)
Final (韻) 陽 (105)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 即兩切
Baxter tsjangX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/t͡sɨɐŋX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/t͡siɐŋX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/t͡siɑŋX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/t͡sɨaŋX/
Li
Rong 		/t͡siaŋX/
Wang
Li 		/t͡sĭaŋX/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/t͡si̯aŋX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		jiǎng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		zoeng2
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 獎
Reading # 1/1
No. 10293
Phonetic
component 		爿
Rime
group 		陽
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		㢡
Old
Chinese 		/*ʔsaŋʔ/

Definitions

獎

  1. to reward someone with something as encouragement; to award
  2. reward; prize
  3. prize money

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

獎

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. Alternative form of 奨: reward; prize

Readings

Korean

Hanja

獎 (eum 장 (jang))

  1. Alternative form of 奬

Vietnamese

Han character

獎: Hán Nôm readings: tưởng

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