奖惩
jiǎng​chéng

rewards and penalties

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

惩 chéng punish Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 心 represents the meaning and 征 represents the sound. Simplified form of 懲.

Components

心
心 Meaning component
xīn, xin heart
征
征 Sound component
zhēng journey

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)

懲 chéng punish Traditional

Components

徵
徵 Sound component
zhēng, zhǐ, chéng invade
心
心 Meaning component
xīn, xin heart

heart

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdringm-trəŋ reprove; punish

說文解字

《說文》：“懲，也。从心，徵聲。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)