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.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “citation”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 嘉奖.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 嘉宾 (嘉賓) | jiā bīn | esteemed guest; honored guest |
| 嘉年华 (嘉年華) | jiā nián huá | (loanword) carnival |
| 嘉许 (嘉許) | jiā xǔ | favorable; praise |
| 可嘉 | kě jiā | laudable |
| 勇气可嘉 (勇氣可嘉) | yǒng qì kě jiā | to deserve praise for one's courage (idiom) |
| 奖励 (獎勵) | jiǎng lì | to reward; reward (as encouragement) |
| 奖金 (獎金) | jiǎng jīn | premium; award money |
| 大奖 (大獎) | dà jiǎng | prize; 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.