U+5956 "奖" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
奖
U+5956 "奖" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that means "prize," "award," or "reward," and it is commonly used in contexts involving commendation, competition, or incentives. This ideograph is composed of two main components: the radical "大" (big) at the top, suggesting a sense of magnitude or importance, and "尢" (weak/lame) at the bottom, though in its modern form the bottom resembles "木" (wood/tree) in shape, reflecting a historical simplification. In practice, "奖" appears frequently in words like "奖项" (award category), "奖金" (bonus or monetary prize), and "奖学金" (scholarship), making it a vital element in educational, corporate, and cultural settings across Chinese-speaking communities.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+5956 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| Block | CJK Unified Ideographs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 奖 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 奖 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0xA5 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x5956 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00005956 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u5956 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 277954 |
| kCangjie | LNK |
| kCantonese | zoeng2 |
| kDefinition | prize, reward; give award to |
| kEACC | 277954 |
| kFourCornerCode | 3780 |
| kGB0 | 2917 |
| kHanYu | 10540.010 |
| kHanyuPinlu | jiǎng(69) |
| kIICore | AG |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10540.010 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0252.051 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-3D31 |
| kTGH | 2013:1618 |
| kKangXi | 0252.051 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 1162 |
| kMandarin | jiǎng |
| kPhonetic | 112* |
| kRSUnicode | 37.6 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 149.10 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 167.080:jiǎng |
| kTotalStrokes | 9 |
| kTraditionalVariant | "奬" U+596C CJK Unified Ideograph-# "獎" U+734E CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 | G |
| kXHC1983 | 0560.080:jiǎng |