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賞 — 15 strokes ／ Radical「貝」

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6Elementary year 5 ／ 15 strokes ／ Radical「貝」
On
ショウしょう · shō
Kun
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Meaning
prize; award; to praise

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

尚 "to esteem" plus 貝 "money"; goods given to honour an achievement — hence "prize, award."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onショウしょうshō賞罰しょうばつ賞与しょうよ懸賞けんしょう

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 賞金しょうきん

    prize money

  • 入賞にゅうしょう

    winning a prize

More words with this kanji

  • 賞賛しょうさん
  • 鑑賞かんしょう
  • 懸賞けんしょう
  • 嘉賞かしょう
  • 犒賞こうしょう

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

作文(さくぶん)で賞(しょう)をもらった。

I received a prize for my composition.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

入賞賞金賞入enter金gold財wealth責to bla…貧poor貸to len…貯to sav…性nature招to inv…政govern…象elepha…証proof
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 貝Map of reading ショウAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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