懂中文 Dong Chinese

獎

jiǎng

prize, encouragement

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

Components
將 sound component

將  Sound component

jiāng, jiàng, qiāng

  

take

犬 meaning component

犬  Meaning component

quǎn

  

dog

Evolution

獎 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
獎 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

奖 (獎) 

jiǎng

prize, reward; give award to; prize; award; encouragement; CL:個|个[gè]

Most common words with 獎
Freq.
Word
Meaning

奖

prize

奖励

to reward

奖金

premium

奖品

award

大奖

prize