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Chinese symbol for “citation”

嘉奖
jiā jiǎng
Traditional: 嘉獎
to award; commendation; citation

The closest CC-CEDICT match for citation is 嘉奖 (jiā jiǎng), defined as: to award; commendation; citation.

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

嘉 jiā
excellent; joyful; auspicious
radical 30 ⼝ · 14 strokes
奖 jiǎng
prize, reward; to award
radical 37 ⼤ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “citation”

WordPinyinMeaning
引文yǐn wénquotation; citation

Related words

Other words that share a character with 嘉奖.

WordPinyinMeaning
嘉宾 (嘉賓)jiā bīnesteemed guest; honored guest
嘉年华 (嘉年華)jiā nián huá(loanword) carnival
嘉许 (嘉許)jiā xǔfavorable; praise
可嘉kě jiālaudable
勇气可嘉 (勇氣可嘉)yǒng qì kě jiāto deserve praise for one's courage (idiom)
奖励 (獎勵)jiǎng lìto reward; reward (as encouragement)
奖金 (獎金)jiǎng jīnpremium; award money
大奖 (大獎)dà jiǎngprize; award

See also: Japanese symbol for “citation”.

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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