clam, shell, shellfish

 (패, shell, money/valuables) – semantic component, associated with value, wealth, reward.


still, yet, rather, to esteem, to value, to revere

 (상, still, to esteem) – phonetic component, also connoting “esteem, value.”
Together: valuables + esteem → to prize, to reward.

賞金 (상금) — monetary prize, award money
受賞 (수상) — receiving an award
賞賛 (상찬) — praise, commendation
觀賞 (관상) — viewing, appreciating (a performance, work of art)
賞罰 (상벌) — reward and punishment

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Vocabulary

noble, precious, valuable, esteemed, costly

to buy, to purchase

to lend, to grant

to spend, to use up, expense, cost, fee, consumption, expenditure

to stick, to paste, to attach, to post, to give an allowance, to be affectionate

wages, pay, fee, rent, hire, price for labor

wealth, capital, resources

to give (from a superior to an inferior), to bestow, to grant, to reward

reward, prize, award, to grant a reward, to appreciate, to enjoy

to be virtuous, to be wise, to be worthy

to sell

lowly, base, humble, to despise

substance, quality, nature, essence

to rely on, to depend upon, to trust

to give, to present, to bestow

to redeem, to ransom, to buy back

to rise, to get up, to stand

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賞

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