Chinese symbol for “reward”
奖励
jiǎng lì
Traditional: 獎勵
to reward; reward (as encouragement)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for reward is 奖励 (jiǎng lì), defined as: to reward; reward (as encouragement).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “reward”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 报酬 (報酬) | bào chou | reward; remuneration |
| 奖赏 (獎賞) | jiǎng shǎng | reward; prize; award |
| 奖 (獎) | jiǎng | prize; award; bonus; reward; (bound form) to encourage; to commend; to praise |
| 酬劳 (酬勞) | chóu láo | reward |
| 打赏 (打賞) | dǎ shǎng | to reward; to tip |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 奖励.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 奖金 (獎金) | jiǎng jīn | premium; award money |
| 大奖 (大獎) | dà jiǎng | prize; award |
| 获奖 (獲獎) | huò jiǎng | to win an award |
| 奖项 (獎項) | jiǎng xiàng | award; prize; 项 (xiàng) |
| 奖学金 (獎學金) | jiǎng xué jīn | scholarship; 笔 (bǐ) |
| 鼓励 (鼓勵) | gǔ lì | to encourage |
| 激励 (激勵) | jī lì | to encourage; to urge |
| 励志 (勵志) | lì zhì | to pursue a goal with determination; inspirational; motivational |
See also: Japanese symbol for “reward”.
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.