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Chinese symbol for “prize”

奖
jiǎng
Traditional: 獎
prize; award; bonus; reward; (bound form) to encourage; to commend; to praise; to award; to give as a reward

The closest CC-CEDICT match for prize is 奖 (jiǎng), defined as: prize; award; bonus; reward; (bound form) to encourage; to commend; to praise; to award; to give as a reward.

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

奖 jiǎng
prize, reward; to award
radical 37 ⼤ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “prize”

WordPinyinMeaning
大奖 (大獎)dà jiǎngprize; award
奖项 (獎項)jiǎng xiàngaward; prize; 项 (xiàng)
锦标 (錦標)jǐn biāoprize; trophy
奖赏 (獎賞)jiǎng shǎngreward; prize; award
标 (標)biāomark; sign

Related words

Other words that share a character with 奖.

WordPinyinMeaning
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
获奖 (獲獎)huò jiǎngto win an award
奖项 (獎項)jiǎng xiàngaward; prize; 项 (xiàng)
奖学金 (獎學金)jiǎng xué jīnscholarship; 笔 (bǐ)

See also: Japanese symbol for “prize”.

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.