褒美
ほうび · houbi · JLPT N1 · noun
wages
🏆 褒 = praise + 美 = fine/beautiful: a fine thing given as praise
褒 is the kanji of 褒める (to praise) and 美 means beautiful or fine. A 褒美 is the good thing handed over to praise your effort.
美 — sheep 羊 on top + big 大 below
美 is traditionally explained as a pictograph of a person (大) wearing a large sheep or ram's-head ornament, suggesting beauty through adornment. An alternative reading takes 羊 (sheep) over 大 (big) to mean 'a big, fat sheep'—seen as delicious and pleasing, hence 'beautiful, good'.