Chinese Character 獎 Meanings and components.

Form

獎

Meaning

獎 meaning[3] in English

Prize.

Award.

Encouragement.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 獎 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are will (將) , and dog (犬)

Its radical[1] is: 犬 (quan3) which means: Dog, Kangxi Radical 94, .犬quan3dog

In cangjie it is written with VIIK

How to write 獎

To write獎jiang3prize you should write a combination of 將jiang1will , 犬quan3dog arranged in a 吕 shape:

將 + 犬 = 獎

獎 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 獎 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 獎, looks as follow:

獎
Pinyin:jiang3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Prize . Award . Encouragement . Cl:個|个[Ge4]
將
Pinyin:jiang1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Will . Shall . To Use . To Take . To Checkmate . Just A Short While Ago . (Introduces Object Of Main Verb, Used In The Same Way As 把[Ba3])
爿
Pinyin:pan2
Meaning[3]: 'Piece Of Wood' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 90), Mirror Image Of 片[Pian4]
月
Pinyin:yue4
Meaning[3]: Moon . Month . Monthly . Cl:個|个[Ge4],輪|轮[Lun2]
寸
Pinyin:cun4
Meaning[3]: A Unit Of Length . Inch . Thumb
犬
Pinyin:quan3
Meaning[3]: Dog . Kangxi Radical 94
大
Pinyin:da4
Meaning[3]: Big . Huge . Large . Major . Great . Wide . Deep . Older (Than) . Oldest . Eldest . Greatly . Very Much . (Dialect) Father . Father'S Elder Or Younger Brother
丶
Pinyin:zhu3
Meaning[3]: 'Dot' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 3) . See Also 點|点[Dian3]

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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