颁赏
bān​shǎng

award

颁 bān confer Simplified

To pass out 分 a booklet 页; 分 also provides the pronunciation

Components

分
分 SoundMeaning component
fēn, fèn, fen divide
页
页 Meaning component
yè page

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

赏 shǎng reward Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 贝 represents the meaning and 尚 represents the sound. Simplified form of 賞.

Components

尚
尚 Sound component
shàng, shang esteem
贝
贝 Meaning component
bèi sea shell

In ancient China shells were used as currency.

Sources

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

頒 bān confer Traditional

To pass out 分 a booklet 頁; 分 also provides the pronunciation

Components

分
分 SoundMeaning component
fēn, fèn, fen divide
頁
頁 Meaning component
yè (head), page

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartpænpˤ<r>ə[n] (MC F!)distribute
Zhengzhangpraːn
bɯn

說文解字

大頭也。从頁分聲。一曰鬢也。《詩》曰：“有頒其首。”

Sources

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

賞 shǎng reward Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 尚 represents the sound and 貝 represents the meaning.

Components

尚
尚 Sound component
shàng, shang esteem
貝
貝 Meaning component
bèi sea shell

In ancient China shells were used as currency.

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Warring States ~400 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

償

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartsyangXs-taŋʔ reward (v.)

說文解字

《說文》：“賞，賜有功也。从貝，尚聲。”

Sources

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