奖券 (jiǎng quàn) — lottery ticket; raffle ticket; gift coupon; voucher

Definition

noun
lottery ticketraffle ticketgift couponvoucher
Measure word · 张

Examples

  • 奖券，。
    Tā mǎi le yì zhāng jiǎng quàn, zhōng le tóu jiǎng.
    He bought a lottery ticket and won the first prize.
  • 奖券。
    Gōng sī nián huì fā le yì xiē jiǎng quàn gěi dà jiā chōu jiǎng.
    The company annual meeting distributed some raffle tickets for everyone to draw prizes.
  • 奖券。
    Zhè zhāng jiǎng quàn kě yǐ zài shāng chǎng duì huàn lǐ pǐn.
    This gift coupon can be redeemed at the mall for a gift.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

奖jiǎngprize
券quànticket

奖券 combines 奖 (prize) and 券 (ticket) to name a ticket that gives a prize or voucher.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 獎; 奖 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
犬犬quǎndog
Sound part声符shēngfú
將
將jiāng獎jiǎng
Same sound today

The traditional form 獎 pairs 將 as a sound part with 犬, a dog; the simplified 奖 is a later shorthand. The evidence says the dog part's meaning is unclear, perhaps referring to guiding a dog by voice.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
刀刀dāoknife
Sound part声符shēngfú
𠔉
𠔉𠔉券quàn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

券 combines 𠔉 for the sound with 刀 (knife), because ancient contracts were cut in half.

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