Hanja Analyzer
獎

獎 — jang

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
장려할 장
Romanization
jang
English
prize, reward; give award to
Mandarin
jiǎng
Japanese on'yomi
ショウ, ソウ
Japanese kun'yomi
すす.める
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
15
Variant forms
奨 奬
Radical
犬 (94, 11 residual)
Phonetic component
將(장)
Unicode
U+734E

Parts that make up 獎

  • 將 장수 장sound 고기를 올려 바치는 모양거느리는 일. ‘장’ 계열의 소리
  • 犬 개 견 옆에서 본 개개와 짐승. 왼쪽에서 ⺨ 로 쓴다

How 獎 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 獎 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 將, 犬.

Characters sharing the phonetic 將

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “장” in Korean.

Other hanja read “장”

Other hanja with radical 犬

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