颁奖
bān​jiǎng HSK7

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

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

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)

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)