Phono-semantic compound:
貝 (패, shell, money/valuables) – semantic component, associated with value, wealth, reward.
尚 (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

Characters

Words

Vocabulary

elephant, form, shape, image

beforehand, in advance

upright, chaste, virtuous

wealth, property

to reproach, to demand

to lease, to rent

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

wealth, capital, resources

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

to be virtuous, to be wise, to be worthy

to rise, to get up, to stand

to leap over, to surpass, to go beyond

to go over, to cross, to surpass, to overtake

interest, delight

to be distant, distance, spur on a bird’s leg, toenail/cockspur thorn

footprint, trace, remains

road, path, way

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Chinese character

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賞

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