奖杯
jiǎng bēi · HSK 7
trophy cup
🏆 奖 = prize/award + 杯 = cup; a prize-cup is a trophy cup
杯 (bēi) is the same cup as in 杯子 (drinking cup); pair it with 奖 (jiǎng, prize) and you get the cup you win, not the one you drink from.
奖 — 将 jiāng (phonetic) + 大 (big)
Originally written 獎 with 犬 (dog) below 將, suggesting urging a dog onward—hence 'encourage, exhort.' The simplified form replaces 犬 with 大. Meaning extended from 'encourage' to 'reward' and then to 'prize, award.'
杯 — wood radical 木 + 不 (phonetic)
杯 is a semantic-phonetic compound. The 木 radical signals wood, since ancient cups were carved from wood, while 不 hints at the sound. Originally written 桮, it came to mean any cup or glass regardless of material.