奨

See also 奬

Translingual

shinjitai	奨
simplified	奖
traditional	獎

Etymology

Simplified from 獎 (將 → 将 and 犬 → 大) in Japanese shinjitai.

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 大 + phonetic 将 in current form.

Han character

奨 (radical 37 大+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 中戈大 (LIK), composition ⿱将大)

1. prize, reward
2. give award to

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 253, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5990
• Dae Jaweon: page 515, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 547, character 4
• Unihan data for U+5968

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Japanese

Kanji

奨 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: しょう (shō), そう (sō)
• Kun: すすめる (susumeru)
• Style: Shinjitai
  • Kyūjitai equivalent: 獎

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Korean

Hanja

奨 (hangeul 장, revised jang, McCune-Reischauer chang)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

奨 (pinyin jiǎng (jiang3), rǔ (ru3), Wade-Giles chiang³, ju³)