奬
jiǎng

prize

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttsjangX[ts]aŋʔhelp; encourage

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Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart

奨 jiǎng Japanese variant of 獎|奖[jiǎng] Simplified

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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.

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