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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).

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
励 lì
to encourage; to strive
radical 19 ⼒ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “reward”

WordPinyinMeaning
报酬 (報酬)bào choureward; remuneration
奖赏 (獎賞)jiǎng shǎngreward; prize; award
奖 (獎)jiǎngprize; award; bonus; reward; (bound form) to encourage; to commend; to praise
酬劳 (酬勞)chóu láoreward
打赏 (打賞)dǎ shǎngto reward; to tip

Related words

Other words that share a character with 奖励.

WordPinyinMeaning
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)
鼓励 (鼓勵)gǔ lìto encourage
激励 (激勵)jī lìto encourage; to urge
励志 (勵志)lì zhìto 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.

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