奖 jiǎng
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 大 — big, great, vast, high, deep
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
奖金
jiǎngjīn
bonus
Characters in this word
金 jīn
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 金 — gold, metal
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 奖金很多。 Jiǎngjīn hěn duō. The bonus is a lot.
- 他拿奖金了。 Tā ná jiǎngjīn le. He got the bonus.
- 奖金到了吗？ Jiǎngjīn dào le ma? Has the bonus arrived?