賞

See also: 赏

賞 U+8CDE, 賞 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8CDE ← 賝 [U+8CDD] CJK Unified Ideographs 賟 → [U+8CDF]

Translingual

Han character

賞 (Kangxi radical 154, 貝+8, 15 strokes, Cangjie input 火月口月金 (FBRBC), four-corner 9080₆, composition ⿱𫩠貝 or ⿱龸員)

Derived characters

• 償, 贘, 鑜

Additional Derived Characters

• 𫲐, 𢤗, 𭣁, 𱭲, 𤪸, 𦘆, 𧭢, 𮩗

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1209, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36813
• Dae Jaweon: page 1674, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3647, character 7
• Unihan data for U+8CDE

Chinese

trad.		賞
simp.		赏
alternative forms		贘

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 賞
Shang	Western Zhou	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (尚) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
當	*taːŋ, *taːŋs
襠	*taːŋ
鐺	*taːŋ, *sʰraːŋ
簹	*taːŋ
璫	*taːŋ
檔	*taːŋ, *taːŋs
儅	*taːŋ, *taːŋs
蟷	*taːŋ
擋	*taːŋʔ, *taːŋs
黨	*taːŋʔ, *tʰaːŋʔ
讜	*taːŋʔ
欓	*taːŋʔ
譡	*taːŋs
闣	*taːŋs
瓽	*taːŋs
鏜	*tʰaːŋ
闛	*tʰaːŋ, *daːŋ
鼞	*tʰaːŋ
曭	*tʰaːŋʔ
儻	*tʰaːŋʔ, *tʰaːŋs
戃	*tʰaːŋʔ
矘	*tʰaːŋʔ
爣	*tʰaːŋʔ
攩	*hl'aːŋʔ, *ɦʷlaːŋʔ, *ɦʷlaːŋs
淌	*tʰaːŋʔ
倘	*tʰaːŋʔ
躺	*tʰaːŋʔ
趟	*tʰaːŋs, *rtaːŋ, *rtaːŋs
堂	*daːŋ
坣	*daːŋ
棠	*daːŋ
糛	*daːŋ
螳	*daːŋ
隚	*daːŋ
橖	*daːŋ
掌	*tjaŋʔ
廠	*tʰjaŋʔ, *tʰjaŋs
敞	*tʰjaŋʔ
僘	*tʰjaŋʔ
氅	*tʰjaŋʔ
常	*djaŋ
嘗	*djaŋ
裳	*djaŋ
徜	*djaŋ
尚	*djaŋ, *djaŋs
甞	*djaŋ
鋿	*djaŋ
嫦	*djaŋ
償	*djaŋ, *djaŋs
賞	*hjaŋʔ
瞠	*rtʰaːŋ
撐	*rtʰaːŋ
樘	*rtʰaːŋ
橕	*rtʰaːŋ
牚	*rtʰaːŋs
埫	*tʰoŋʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *hjaŋʔ): phonetic 商 (OC *hljaŋ) + semantic 貝 (“cowry”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǎng (shang³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng²
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): sóng

  (Hailu, HRS): shong^ˊ

• Eastern Min (BUC): siōng
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): syorng³ / syoeng³ / sieo³ / siunn³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sióng / siáng / siúⁿ / sióⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): siên² / sion²

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵saon / ³saon / ³san / ³sion
  • (Jinhua): ³shiaon
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): shan³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǎng
    • Wade–Giles: shang³
    • Yale: shǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shaang
    • Palladius: шан (šan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: soeng²
    • Yale: séung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sóng
    • Hakka Romanization System: song^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: song³
    • Sinological IPA: /soŋ³¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: shong^ˊ
    • Sinological IPA: /ʃoŋ²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: siōng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /suoŋ³³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: syorng³
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: siô̤ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬyɒŋ⁴⁵³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: syoeng³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬyøŋ³³²/
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: sieo³
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: sâ̤uⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬieu⁴⁵³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: siunn³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬĩũ³³²/

Note:

• syorng3/syoeng3 - literary;
• sieo3/siunn3 - vernacular.

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sióng
    • Tâi-lô: sióng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siorng
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /siɔŋ⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /siɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɔŋ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siáng
    • Tâi-lô: siáng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siarng
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /siaŋ⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Hsinchu, Taichung, Lukang, Sanxia, Yilan, Kinmen, Magong, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siúⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: siúnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sviuo
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /siũ⁵⁵⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Yilan, Kinmen): /siũ⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Lukang): /siũ⁵⁵/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /siũ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Tainan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sióⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: siónn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: svioir
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou, Tainan): /siɔ̃⁵³/

Note:

• sióng/siáng - literary;
• siúⁿ/sióⁿ - vernacular.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: siên² / sion²
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siéⁿ / sióⁿ
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sĩẽ⁵²/, /sĩõ⁵²/

Note:

• siên2 - Chaozhou;
• sion2 - Shantou.

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵saon
    • MiniDict: saon^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²saan
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sɑ̃³⁴/
  • (Northern: Jiading, Songjiang, Chongming, Suzhou, Shaoxing, Ningbo, Zhoushan)
    • Wugniu: ³saon
    • MiniDict: saon^上
    • Sinological IPA (Jiading): /sɑ̃³⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Songjiang): /sɒ̃⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Chongming): /sɑ̃⁴²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /sɑ̃⁵¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Shaoxing): /sɒŋ³³⁵/
    • Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /sɔ̃³²⁵/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhoushan): /sɔ³⁵/
  • (Northern: Songjiang, Chongming, Changzhou, Hangzhou)
    • Wugniu: ³san
    • MiniDict: san^上
    • Sinological IPA (Songjiang): /sæ̃⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Chongming): /sã⁴²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Changzhou): /saŋ⁴⁵/
    • Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /sɑŋ⁵³/
  • (Northern: Jiaxing)
    • Wugniu: ³sion
    • MiniDict: sion^上
    • Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /sioŋ⁴³³/
  • (Jinhua)
    • Wugniu: ³shiaon
    • Sinological IPA (Jinhua): /ɕiɑŋ⁵³⁵/

Note:

• Chongming:
  • 3saon - vernacular;
  • 3san - literary.

• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: shan³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /ʂan⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /san⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: syangX

Rime
Character	賞
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	書兩切
Baxter	syangX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕɨɐŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕiɐŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕiɑŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕɨaŋX/
Li Rong	/ɕiaŋX/
Wang Li	/ɕĭaŋX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɕi̯aŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shǎng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	soeng2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*s-taŋʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*hjaŋʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	賞
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shǎng
Middle Chinese	‹ syangX ›
Old Chinese	/*s-taŋʔ/
English	reward (v.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	賞
Reading #	1/1
No.	11163
Phonetic component	尚
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	賞
Old Chinese	/*hjaŋʔ/

Definitions

賞

1. (formal) to present as a gift; to bestow; to grant
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) award; reward
3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to praise; to acclaim; to commend; to compliment
4. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to see and enjoy; to admire the view; to enjoy the sight of; to appreciate the visuals
5. a surname, Shang

Synonyms

• (to present as a gift): (formal) 賜予／赐予 (cìyǔ)
• (award): 嘉獎／嘉奖 (jiājiǎng), 獎勵／奖励 (jiǎnglì), 獎賞／奖赏 (jiǎngshǎng), (literary) 賞賜／赏赐 (shǎngcì)
• (to praise):

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• 名目 (míngmù) (Classical Chinese)
• 吹噓 / 吹嘘 (chuīxū)
• 吹捧 (chuīpěng)
• 呵咾 (Hokkien)
• 咨嗟 (zījiē) (literary)
• 嘆 / 叹 (tàn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 嘉勉 (jiāmiǎn) (formal, to praise and encourage)
• 嘆美 / 叹美 (tànměi) (literary)
• 嘉許 / 嘉许 (jiāxǔ)
• 嘆賞 / 叹赏 (tànshǎng)
• 捧 (pěng)
• 揄揚 / 揄扬 (yúyáng) (literary)
• 禮讚 / 礼赞 (lǐzàn)
• 稱嘆 / 称叹 (chēngtàn)
• 稱揚 / 称扬 (chēngyáng)
• 稱美 / 称美 (chēngměi) (literary)
• 稱許 / 称许 (chēngxǔ)
• 稱謂 / 称谓 (chēngwèi) (literary)
• 稱譽 / 称誉 (chēngyù) (formal)
• 稱讚 / 称赞 (chēngzàn)
• 稱賞 / 称赏 (chēngshǎng) (formal)
• 稱道 / 称道 (chēngdào)
• 稱頌 / 称颂 (chēngsòng)
• 表彰 (biǎozhāng)
• 表揚 / 表扬 (biǎoyáng)
• 褒揚 / 褒扬 (bāoyáng)
• 誇 / 夸 (kuā)
• 誇獎 / 夸奖 (kuājiǎng)
• 讚嘆 / 赞叹 (zàntàn)
• 讚揚 / 赞扬 (zànyáng)
• 讚美 / 赞美 (zànměi)
• 讚許 / 赞许 (zànxǔ)
• 讚頌 / 赞颂 (zànsòng)
• 頌讚 / 颂赞 (sòngzàn)
• 顯揚 / 显扬 (xiǎnyáng) (literary)

• (to see and enjoy):

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• 欣賞 / 欣赏 (xīnshǎng)
• 玩賞 / 玩赏
• 觀瞻 / 观瞻 (guānzhān) (literary)
• 觀賞 / 观赏 (guānshǎng)
• 讚賞 / 赞赏 (zànshǎng)
• 賞玩 / 赏玩 (shǎngwán)
• 賞識 / 赏识 (shǎngshí)
• 鑒賞 / 鉴赏 (jiànshǎng)

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “literary”): to punish; to fine: 罰／罚 (fá)

Compounds

• 令人激賞 / 令人激赏
• 信賞必罰 / 信赏必罚
• 刑賞 / 刑赏
• 功同賞異 / 功同赏异
• 功高不賞 / 功高不赏
• 受賞 / 受赏 (shòushǎng)
• 同歡同賞 / 同欢同赏
• 奇文共賞 / 奇文共赏 (qíwéngòngshǎng)
• 孤芳自賞 / 孤芳自赏 (gūfāngzìshǎng)
• 封賞 / 封赏 (fēngshǎng)
• 心賞 / 心赏
• 恩賞 / 恩赏 (ēnshǎng)
• 情賞 / 情赏
• 慶賞 / 庆赏 (qìngshǎng)
• 懸賞 / 悬赏 (xuánshǎng)
• 打賞 / 打赏 (dǎshǎng)
• 擊節歎賞 / 击节叹赏
• 擊節稱賞 / 击节称赏
• 擊賞 / 击赏
• 收賞 / 收赏
• 放賞 / 放赏
• 明賞慎罰 / 明赏慎罚
• 有目共賞 / 有目共赏 (yǒumùgòngshǎng)
• 欣賞 / 欣赏 (xīnshǎng)
• 欣賞力 / 欣赏力
• 歎賞 / 叹赏 (tànshǎng)
• 渴賞 / 渴赏
• 激賞 / 激赏 (jīshǎng)
• 照功行賞 / 照功行赏
• 爵賞 / 爵赏 (juéshǎng)
• 犒賞 / 犒赏 (kàoshǎng)
• 獎賞 / 奖赏 (jiǎngshǎng)
• 玩賞 / 玩赏
• 珍賞 / 珍赏
• 班功行賞 / 班功行赏
• 直木賞 / 直木赏
• 稱賞 / 称赏 (chēngshǎng)
• 縣賞 / 县赏
• 老白賞 / 老白赏
• 聆賞 / 聆赏 (língshǎng)
• 芥川賞 / 芥川赏
• 褒賞 / 褒赏 (bāoshǎng)
• 觀賞 / 观赏 (guānshǎng)
• 觀賞植物 / 观赏植物
• 觀賞辣椒 / 观赏辣椒
• 觀賞魚 / 观赏鱼 (guānshǎngyú)
• 計功受賞 / 计功受赏
• 計功行賞 / 计功行赏
• 討賞 / 讨赏
• 請功受賞 / 请功受赏
• 論功封賞 / 论功封赏
• 論功行賞 / 论功行赏 (lùngōngxíngshǎng)
• 請賞 / 请赏 (qǐngshǎng)
• 讚賞 / 赞赏 (zànshǎng)
• 賞一勸百 / 赏一劝百
• 賞不當功 / 赏不当功
• 賞不踰日 / 赏不逾日
• 賞不踰時 / 赏不逾时
• 賞不遺賤 / 赏不遗贱
• 賞光 / 赏光 (shǎngguāng)
• 賞功罰罪 / 赏功罚罪 (shǎng gōng fá zuì)
• 賞勞 / 赏劳 (shǎngláo)
• 賞口飯吃 / 赏口饭吃
• 賞同罰異 / 赏同罚异
• 賞善罰惡 / 赏善罚恶
• 賞奇析疑 / 赏奇析疑
• 賞封 / 赏封 (shǎngfēng)
• 賞心 / 赏心
• 賞心悅目 / 赏心悦目 (shǎngxīnyuèmù)
• 賞心樂事 / 赏心乐事
• 賞收 / 赏收
• 賞月 / 赏月 (shǎngyuè)
• 賞析 / 赏析 (shǎngxī)
• 賞格 / 赏格 (shǎnggé)
• 賞玩 / 赏玩 (shǎngwán)
• 賞罰 / 赏罚 (shǎngfá)
• 賞罰不信 / 赏罚不信
• 賞罰不明 / 赏罚不明
• 賞罰不當 / 赏罚不当
• 賞罰分明 / 赏罚分明 (shǎngfá fēnmíng)
• 賞罰嚴明 / 赏罚严明
• 賞罰無章 / 赏罚无章
• 賞臉 / 赏脸 (shǎngliǎn)
• 賞花 / 赏花 (shǎnghuā)
• 賞識 / 赏识 (shǎngshí)
• 賞讚 / 赏赞
• 賞賚 / 赏赉
• 賞賜 / 赏赐 (shǎngcì)
• 賞金 / 赏金 (shǎngjīn)
• 賞錢 / 赏钱 (shǎngqián)
• 賞鍾 / 赏钟
• 賞鑒 / 赏鉴 (shǎngjiàn)
• 賞閱 / 赏阅 (shǎngyuè)
• 賞雪 / 赏雪
• 賞面子 / 赏面子
• 賞音 / 赏音
• 遊賞 / 游赏
• 重賞 / 重赏 (zhòngshǎng)
• 鑒賞 / 鉴赏 (jiànshǎng)
• 鑑賞 / 鉴赏 (jiànshǎng)
• 鑑賞印 / 鉴赏印
• 鑑賞家 / 鉴赏家 (jiànshǎngjiā)
• 雅俗共賞 / 雅俗共赏 (yǎsúgòngshǎng)
• 領賞 / 领赏
• 風流自賞 / 风流自赏

Japanese

Kanji

賞

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: しょう (shō, Jōyō)^{←しやう (syau, historical)}
• Kan-on: しょう (shō, Jōyō)^{←しやう (syau, historical)}
• Kun: ほめる (homeru, 賞める)

Compounds

• 賞金(しょうきん) (shōkin)
• 賞賛(しょうさん) (shōsan)
• 賞(しょう)詞(し) (shōshi, “eulogy”)
• 賞(しょう)賜(し) (shōshi)
• 賞状(しょうじょう) (shōjō)
• 賞(しょう)典(てん) (shōten)
• 賞(しょう)罰(ばつ) (shōbatsu)
• 賞(しょう)美(び) (shōbi, “appreciation”)
• 賞(しょう)品(ひん) (shōhin)
• 賞(しょう)味(み) (shōmi)
• 賞(しょう)与(よ) (shōyo)

Kanji in this term
賞
しょう Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɕo̞ː]
• (Tokyo) しょー [shóꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])

Noun

賞(しょう) • (-shō) 

1. prize

Suffix

賞(しょう) • (-shō) 

1. prize, award

Korean

Hanja

賞 (eumhun 상줄 상 (sangjul sang))

1. hanja form^? of 상 (“prize”)

Vietnamese

Han character

賞: Hán Nôm readings: thưởng

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