入賞
にゅうしょう · nyuushou · JLPT N1 · noun
contest
🏆 入 = enter + 賞 = prize: entering the prize list means you placed in a contest
入 means enter or get into, and 賞 means prize or award. Together they mean getting into the prize list, which is how you place or win in a contest.
入 — single pictograph, two slanting strokes
入 is a pictograph showing an arrowhead or pointed entrance, with two strokes converging downward to suggest something going inward. The original sense was 'to enter,' and it still carries that meaning today. It contrasts visually with 人 (person), where the strokes cross differently at the top.