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<WL>奖(F獎) [jiǎng] praise/prize, award/honor; 奖金 bonus; 奖学金 scholarship | <WL>奖(F獎) [jiǎng] praise/prize, award/honor; 奖金 bonus; 奖学金 scholarship | ||
| − | The Shuōwén Seal form of 奖/奬/獎(𤟌) jiǎng ‘to sic a dog on sb.’ combines 犬 (quǎn) ‘dog’, and 將() jiāng ‘commander/general’ (abbrev. phonosemantic): goad/command a good attack-dog to attack. | + | The simple-form character 奖 (9 strokes) is an abbrev. of the full-form character 獎 (15 strokes), replacing the top component 將 (11 strokes) with part of its simple form 将 (first 5 strokes), and replacing the bottom 犬 (4 strokes) with 大 (3 strokes). |
| + | The full-form character 獎 (with 犬 below) was formerly also wr. 奬 (with 大 below), but earlier was more abbrev. 𤟒/𤟌 (12 strokes), omitting 寸. | ||
| + | The Shuōwén Seal form of 奖/奬/獎(𤟌) jiǎng ‘to sic a dog on sb.’ combines 犬 (quǎn) ‘dog’, and 將() jiāng ‘commander/general’ (abbrev. phonosemantic): goad/command a good attack-dog to attack. | ||
Note: The old meanings related to canine discipline (嗾犬厲之 ‘to sic a dog on sb.’); to urge/encourage, praise/prize (a good hunting/attack dog), throw the dog a bone (cf. 奬 below). | Note: The old meanings related to canine discipline (嗾犬厲之 ‘to sic a dog on sb.’); to urge/encourage, praise/prize (a good hunting/attack dog), throw the dog a bone (cf. 奬 below). | ||
| − | In the simple form | + | Note: In the simple form 奖 jiǎng ‘praise/prize’ the upper component 将/將 is abbrev. to ⿰丬夕 (as in 浆 jiāng ‘syrup’); and the lower component 犬 is abbrev. to 大 dà ‘big/great’ (without the dot, as in the variant full form 奬); the simple form 奖 omits the dot from the full-form component 犬 (as do the variant full forms 奬/奨); HDZ treats the variant full form 奬 (without the dot) as primary, and the other variants 獎/奨/奖 only refer to it; thus, the old form 獎(𤟌) with 犬 ‘dog’ is taken to specify the old/obsolete dog-related meanings, and the forms 奬/奨 with 大 were created to specify ‘praise’ meanings. |
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Compare: 酱/醬(𤖕) jiàng ‘fermented/pickled mincemeat/paste’, 浆/漿(𤖅) jiāng ‘sour fermented drink’. | Compare: 酱/醬(𤖕) jiàng ‘fermented/pickled mincemeat/paste’, 浆/漿(𤖅) jiāng ‘sour fermented drink’. | ||
#rK.AD1061 D.1.540.1 B.127.0.06 | #rK.AD1061 D.1.540.1 B.127.0.06 | ||
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