奖励
jiǎng​lì HSK5

incentive

奖 jiǎng prize, encouragement Simplified

Simplified form of 獎. Phonosemantic compound. 犬 represents the meaning and 將 represents the sound.

Components

将
将 SoundRemnant component
jiāng, jiàng will
大
大 Simplified component
dà, dài big

Shorthand for the 犬 component in the traditional character 獎.

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

励 lì strive Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 力 represents the meaning and 厉 represents the sound. Simplified form of 勵.

Components

厉
厉 Sound component
lì whetstone
力
力 SoundMeaning component
lì, li power

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

獎 jiǎng prize, encouragement Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 犬 represents the meaning and 將 represents the sound.

Components

將
將 Sound component
jiāng, jiàng take
犬
犬 Meaning component
quǎn dog

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangʔsaŋʔ

說文解字

《說文》：“，嗾犬厲之也。从犬，將省聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

勵 lì strive Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 力 represents the meaning and 厲 represents the sound.

Components

厲
厲 Sound component
lì whetstone
力
力 SoundMeaning component
lì, li power

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangm·rads

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang