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奖学金 (jiǎng xué jīn) — scholarship

Definition

A scholarship: money awarded to a student for study, based on merit or need. Different from 奖 (a general prize or award), and unrelated to the academic/scholarly sense of 学术.

noun
scholarship
Measure word · 笔

Examples

  • 奖学金。
    Tā shēn qǐng le yì bǐ jiǎng xué jīn qù měi guó dú shū.
    He applied for a scholarship to study in the United States.
  • ，奖学金。
    Tā de chéng jì hěn hǎo, suǒ yǐ ná dào le jiǎng xué jīn.
    Her grades were very good, so she got the scholarship.
  • 奖学金，。
    Méi yǒu jiǎng xué jīn, wǒ kě néng shàng bù liǎo dà xué.
    Without a scholarship, I might not be able to attend university.

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.

奖学reward study
奖jiǎngreward学xuéstudy
动宾Verb + object
金jīnmoney

奖 (reward) and 学 (study) describe the purpose of the 金 (money).

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 學; 学 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 學 may have used 爻 and 六 for sound, with hands and a child added later; the simplified 学 is a shorthand.

Open 学 →

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

金 was drawn with marks for two pieces of metal, along with a part that gave its sound; it first meant copper, then metals and gold.

Open 金 →
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