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Chinese symbol for “scholarship”

奖学金
jiǎng xué jīn
Traditional: 獎學金
scholarship; 笔 (bǐ)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for scholarship is 奖学金 (jiǎng xué jīn), defined as: scholarship; 笔 (bǐ).

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
学 xué
learning, knowledge, science; to study, to go to school; -ology
radical 39 ⼦ · 8 strokes
金 jīn
gold, metal; money
radical 167 ⾦ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “scholarship”

WordPinyinMeaning
治学 (治學)zhì xuéscholarship; high-level study
学问 (學問)xué wènlearning; knowledge; scholarship; a body of specialized knowledge (门 (mén)); (fig.) any activity that demands expertise, skill or experience (e.g. gathering forensic evidence, sele
助学金 (助學金)zhù xué jīnstudent grant; education grant
才学 (才學)cái xuétalent and learning; scholarship
学海 (學海)xué hǎisea of learning; erudite

Related words

Other words that share a character with 奖学金.

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)
学生 (學生)xué shengstudent; schoolchild
大学 (大學)dà xuéuniversity; college; measure word: 所 (suǒ)
学校 (學校)xué xiàoschool; measure word: 所 (suǒ)
资金 (資金)zī jīnfunds; capital

See also: Japanese symbol for “scholarship”.

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.