賞

See also: 赏 and 贘

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

Translingual

Han character

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

References

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

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Chinese

trad.		賞
simp.		赏

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 賞
Western Zhou	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
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, OC *hjaŋʔ): phonetic 尚 (OC *djaŋ, *djaŋs) + semantic 貝 (“cowry”).

Alternative forms

• 贘

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǎng (shang³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sóng
• Min Nan (POJ): sióng / siáng / siúⁿ / sióⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˇ
    • Wade-Giles: shang³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shaang
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng²
    • Yale: séung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng²
    • IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sóng
    • Hakka Romanization System: song`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: song³
    • IPA: /soŋ³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sióng
    • Tâi-lô: sióng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siorng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /ɕiɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɔŋ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siáng
    • Tâi-lô: siáng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siarng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiaŋ⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siúⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: siúnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sviuo
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /ɕiũ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiũ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiũ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sióⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: siónn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: svioir
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiɔ̃⁵³/

Note:

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

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• Middle Chinese: /ɕɨɐŋ^X/▼

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
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕɨɐŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕiɐŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕiɑŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕɨaŋX/
Li Rong	/ɕiaŋX/
Wang Li	/ɕĭaŋX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɕi̯aŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shǎng

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*hjaŋʔ/

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. to reward; to grant; to bestow
2. to appreciate

Compounds

Derived terms from 賞

• 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
• 封賞／封赏
• 心賞／心赏
• 恩賞／恩赏
• 情賞／情赏
• 慶賞／庆赏
• 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
• 欣賞／欣赏 (xīnshǎng)
• 欣賞力／欣赏力
• 歎賞／叹赏
• 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
• 獎賞／奖赏 (jiǎngshǎng)
• 玩賞／玩赏 (wánshǎng)
• 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
• 芥川賞／芥川赏
• 褒賞／褒赏
• 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
• 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
• 請賞／请赏 (qǐngshǎng)
• 論功封賞／论功封赏
• 論功行賞／论功行赏
• 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／赏不踰日
• 賞不踰時／赏不踰时
• 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
• 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
• 賞鍾／赏钟
• 賞鑒／赏鉴
• 賞閱／赏阅
• 賞雪／赏雪
• 賞面子／赏面子
• 賞音／赏音
• 遊賞／游赏
• 重賞／重赏 (zhòngshǎng)
• 鑑賞／鉴赏 (jiànshǎng)
• 鑑賞印／鉴赏印
• 鑑賞家／鉴赏家 (jiànshǎngjiā)
• 鑒賞／鉴赏
• 雅俗共賞／雅俗共赏 (yǎsú-gòngshǎng)
• 領賞／领赏
• 風流自賞／风流自赏

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Japanese

Kanji

賞

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On (unclassified): しょう (shō, Jōyō)
• Kun: ほめる (homeru, 賞める)

Compounds

Derived terms

• 賞金
• 賞賛
• 賞詞
• 賞賜
• 賞状
• 賞典
• 賞罰
• 賞美
• 賞品
• 賞味
• 賞与

Suffix

賞 (hiragana しょう, rōmaji -shō)

1. prize, award

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Korean

Hanja

賞 • (sang) (hangeul 상)

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Vietnamese

Han character

賞 (thưởng)

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