Amazing Chinese Characters (572) Reward - 赏（賞）

 The bronze script of character Reward is

The top is character Still (Post 556), means a spacious hall, normally royal palace. 

The bottom is character Shell (194), means money.

The King rewards those who made meritorious service in royal palace.

The big seal script of character Reward is

Similarly, the top is character Still - 尚，the bottom is character Shell - 貝. 

The small seal script of character Reward is

Similar to big seal script.

The clerical script of character Reward is

Similar to older scripts, but all top strokes are significantly shorter than that in older scripts. 

The traditional song typeface of character Reward is

Almost same as the clerical character.

The simplified song typeface of character Reward is

The top is same 尚，the bottom character Shell changed from 貝（traditional song typeface) to 贝（simplified song typeface).

The Pinyin of the character is Shang3.