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
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 / 形声, OC *hjaŋʔ): phonetic 尚 (OC *djaŋ, *djaŋs) + semantic 貝 (“cowry”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shǎng (shang³)

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sóng
Eastern Min (BUC): siōng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): sióng / siáng / siúⁿ / sióⁿ

(Teochew, Peng'im): siên² / sion²

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/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: siōng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /suoŋ³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sióng
  - Tâi-lô: sióng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siorng
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /siɔŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /siɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɔŋ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siáng
  - Tâi-lô: siáng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siarng
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /siaŋ⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siúⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: siúnn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sviuo
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /siũ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /siũ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siũ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sióⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: siónn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: svioir
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /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.

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	/ɕɨɐŋ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕiɐŋ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕiɑŋ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕɨaŋ^X/
Li Rong	/ɕiaŋ^X/
Wang Li	/ɕĭaŋ^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɕi̯aŋ^X/
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	‹ syang^X ›
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
Old Chinese	/*hjaŋʔ/

Definitions

賞

(formal) to present as a gift; to bestow; to grant
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) award; reward
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to praise; to acclaim; to commend; to compliment
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to see and enjoy; to admire the view; to enjoy the sight of; to appreciate the visuals
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):