奖 Strokes Write it Listen 奖 jiǎng prize; award; encouragement HSK 4 9 strokes Radical 大 Sound + meaning 15 words Built from丬soundqiánghalf of tree trunk夕xīevening, night, dusk; slanted大meaningdàbig, great, vast, high, deep How it works大 hints at the meaning (big), and 丬 qiáng hints at the sound.