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Chinese symbol for “award”

授予
shòu yǔ
to award; to confer

The closest CC-CEDICT match for award is 授予 (shòu yǔ), defined as: to award; to confer.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

授 shòu
to award, to confer, to instruct, to teach
radical 64 ⼿ · 11 strokes
予 yǔ
to give; to award
radical 6 ⼅ · 4 strokes

Other Chinese words for “award”

WordPinyinMeaning
奖项 (獎項)jiǎng xiàngaward; prize; 项 (xiàng)
奖品 (獎品)jiǎng pǐnaward; prize
奖 (獎)jiǎngprize; award; bonus; reward; (bound form) to encourage; to commend; to praise
嘉奖 (嘉獎)jiā jiǎngto award; commendation
奖赏 (獎賞)jiǎng shǎngreward; prize; award

Related words

Other words that share a character with 授予.

WordPinyinMeaning
教授jiāo shòuto teach (a subject)
授权 (授權)shòu quánto authorize
传授 (傳授)chuán shòuto impart; to pass on; to teach
授课 (授課)shòu kèto teach; to give lessons
给予 (給予)jǐ yǔ(literary) to give; to accord; to render
赋予 (賦予)fù yǔto assign; to entrust (a task)
予以yǔ yǐto give; to impose
不予bù yǔ(formal) not to (do sth)

See also: Japanese symbol for “award”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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