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Kanji Detail for 賞 - "prize, award, praise"

賞

  • Meaning

    賞 means "prize, award, praise."

    1. Prize - A reward for achievement.

    2. Award - Recognition of merit.

    3. Praise - To commend; to admire.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    prize; reward; praise

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    reward, grant, bestow; appreciate

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to bestow (a reward); to give (to an inferior); to hand down; a reward (bestowed by a superior); to appreciate (beauty)

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    reward; to appreciate; to bestow, to grant

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To reward for merit. Such as in Qing times, 賞戴花翎 (rewarded with peacock feathers), 賞穿黃馬褂 (rewarded with yellow riding jacket). | To praise as beautiful is called 賞. Such as 賞識 (appreciate). Admiring and handling something beautiful is also called 賞. Tao Qian's poem says "Fine writings are enjoyed together." Today people say 賞雨 (enjoy the rain), 賞雪 (enjoy the snow), 賞花 (enjoy flowers), 賞月 (enjoy the moon), etc. All based on this.
  • Onyomitip

    shoh(しょう) しょう

  • Kunyomitip

    ho.meru(ほめる) ほめる

    me.deru(めでる) めでる

  • Strokestip

    15 strokes

  • Radicaltip

    貝 (kai・kaihen・kogai)

  • Related Keywords
    prize award reward praise commend admire appreciate recognize honor trophy medal certificate merit achievement acclaim compliment gift bounty premium bestow

Sentences including 賞

  • He won the prize last week.

  • He is such a teacher as we all admire.

  • The teacher gave john a prize.

  • The prize won't be given to her.

  • They admire each other.

  • The prize went to him.

  • He worked hard in order to get the prize.

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