賞 – prize, reward, praise

15 strokesTaught in grade 5#426 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 賞 means prize, reward, praise. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ショウ (shou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ほ.める (homeru). It is written with 15 strokes, under radical 貝 (no. 154).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ショウ	shou
Kun’yomi	ほ.める	homeru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 貝 (Kangxi radical 154). Components: 貝・目・ハ・口・尚・冖.

Words using 賞

賞しょうprize賞品しょうひんprize鑑賞かんしょうappreciation (of art, music, poetry, etc.)賞金しょうきんprize money懸賞けんしょうoffering a prize入賞にゅうしょうwinning a prize

Example sentences

期待されたとおり彼は賞を得た。

As was expected, he won the prize.

Tatoeba #183395

先生はジョンに賞品を与えた。

The teacher gave John a prize.

Tatoeba #141696

よい音楽を鑑賞することはそれほど難しいことではない。

It is not so difficult to appreciate good music.

Tatoeba #192916

Kanji with the same radical

資費質負財買責販貿貨賛購貢賃貴貸

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