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賞 ほ.める 賞金(しょうきん): prize; monetary award入賞(にゅうしょう): winning a prize or place (in a contest)賞(しょう): prize; award鑑賞(かんしょう): appreciation (e.g. of art); aesthetic sense賞品(しょうひん): prize; trophy懸賞(けんしょう): offering prizes; winning; reward 4 尚: esteem; furthermore; still; yet貝: shellfish 貝 7 (none) prize As a prize for being the 1,000,000th person to use the restaurant´s outhouse, I got all the clams I could eat.

Accepted Answer

ショウ prize, reward, praise 2 426 15 154 かい・かいへん・こがい 形声 Phonetic This is a bit silly.. or maybe not only a bit, but.. You know some foodstuffs (cereals come to mind) sometimes have prizes mixed in them? Well, in this case, the prize was a shell (money, remember) and you only notice in the outhouse... (see also secret (#904)).

Kanji	賞
Onyomi	ショウ
Kunyomi	ほ.める
English	prize, reward, praise
Examples	賞金(しょうきん): prize; monetary award 入賞(にゅうしょう): winning a prize or place (in a contest) 賞(しょう): prize; award 鑑賞(かんしょう): appreciation (e.g. of art); aesthetic sense 賞品(しょうひん): prize; trophy 懸賞(けんしょう): offering prizes; winning; reward
JLPT Level	2
Jouyou Grade	4
Frequency	426
Components	尚: esteem; furthermore; still; yet 貝: shellfish
Number of Strokes	15
Kanji Radical	貝
Radical Number	154
Radical Strokes	7
Radical Reading	かい・かいへん・こがい
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	形声 Phonetic
Keyword	prize
Koohii Story 1	This is a bit silly.. or maybe not only a bit, but.. You know some foodstuffs (cereals come to mind) sometimes have prizes mixed in them? Well, in this case, the prize was a shell (money, remember) and you only notice in the outhouse... (see also secret (#904)).
Koohii Story 2	As a prize for being the 1,000,000th person to use the restaurant´s outhouse, I got all the clams I could eat.

Prize Award I 賞 ショウ ほ.める Reward Praise

Prize Award I 賞ショウほ.める Reward Praise