贊

See also: 賛 and 赞

贊	U+8D0A, 贊 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8D0A

← 贉
[U+8D09]

CJK Unified Ideographs

贋 →
[U+8D0B]

Translingual

Traditional	贊
Shinjitai	賛
Simplified	赞

Han character

贊 (Kangxi radical 154, 貝+12, 19 strokes, cangjie input 竹山月山金 (HUBUC), four-corner 2480₆, composition ⿱兟貝)

Derived characters

儹, 囋, 㜺, 巑, 𢑊, 㦫, 攢, 灒, 欑, 𤓎, 瓚, 臢, 禶, 䂎, 礸, 穳, 襸, 纘, 𧹍, 讚, 𧹏, 趲, 躦, 䡽, 鑽, 饡
劗, 酇, 籫, 䰖

References

KangXi: page 1212, character 21

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36935

Dae Jaweon: page 1678, character 24

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3657, character 21

Unihan data for U+8D0A

Chinese

trad.		贊
simp.		赞^*
2nd round simp.		𰷣
alternative forms		賛／赞

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (贊) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
贊	*ʔsaːns
趲	ʔsaːns, zaːnʔ
讚	*ʔsaːns
酇	ʔsaːns, zoːn
饡	*ʔsaːns
濽	*ʔsaːns
襸	*ʔsaːns
攢	ʔsaːns, ʔsoːnʔ
瓚	*zaːnʔ
禶	zaːnʔ, zoːn
穳	zaːns, zoːn
囋	zaːns, zaːd
鑽	ʔsoːn, ʔsoːns
劗	ʔsoːn, zoːn
纘	*ʔsoːnʔ
儧	*ʔsoːnʔ
鄼	*ʔsoːnʔ
欑	ʔsoːnʔ, zoːn
籫	*ʔsoːnʔ
巑	*zoːn
攅	*zoːns

Originally 賛. Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 㚘 + 貝 (“money”) – to help with money.

Now phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ʔsaːns) : phonetic 兟 (OC *srin) + semantic 貝 (“money”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): zàn (zan⁴)
(Zhuyin): ㄗㄢˋ
(Chengdu, SP): zan⁴
Cantonese
(Guangzhou, Jyutping): zaan³
(Taishan, Wiktionary): dan¹
Gan (Wiktionary): zan⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chan
(Meixian, Guangdong): zan⁴
Jin (Wiktionary): zan³
Min Bei (KCR): cu̿ing
Min Dong (BUC): cáng
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): chàn
(Teochew, Peng'im): zang³
Wu (Wiktionary): tse (T2)
Xiang (Wiktionary): zan⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zàn
  - Wade–Giles: tsan⁴
  - Yale: dzàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzann
  - Palladius: цзань (czanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sän⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: zan⁴
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: zan
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡san²¹³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zaan³
  - Yale: jaan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzaan³
  - Guangdong Romanization: zan³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saːn³³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: dan¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tan³³/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: zan⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡san³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chan
  - Hakka Romanization System: zan
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zan⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡san⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: zan⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡san⁵³/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: zan³
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sæ̃⁴⁵/
Min Bei
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: cu̿ing
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡suiŋ³³/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: cáng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɑŋ²¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chàn
  - Tâi-lô: tsàn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zaxn
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /t͡san²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡san¹¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /t͡san⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: zang³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsàng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saŋ²¹³/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: tse (T2)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡se̞³⁴/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: zan⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡san⁴⁵/

Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 贊
Mandarin	Beijing	/t͡san⁵¹/
	Harbin	/t͡san⁵³/
	Tianjin	/t͡san⁵³/
	Jinan	/t͡sã²¹/
	Qingdao	/t͡sã⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/t͡san³¹²/ /t͡suan³¹²/
	Xi'an	/t͡sã⁴⁴/
	Xining	/t͡sã²¹³/
	Yinchuan	/t͡san¹³/
	Lanzhou	/t͡sɛ̃n¹³/
	Ürümqi	/t͡san²¹³/
	Wuhan	/t͡san³⁵/
	Chengdu	/t͡san¹³/
	Guiyang	/t͡san²¹³/
	Kunming	/t͡sã̠²¹²/
	Nanjing	/t͡saŋ⁴⁴/
	Hefei	/t͡sæ̃⁵³/
Jin	Taiyuan	/t͡sæ̃⁴⁵/
	Pingyao	/t͡sɑŋ³⁵/
	Hohhot	/t͡sæ̃⁵⁵/
Wu	Shanghai	/t͡se³⁵/
	Suzhou	/t͡se̞⁵¹³/
	Hangzhou	/t͡sẽ̞⁴⁴⁵/
	Wenzhou	/t͡sa⁴²/
Hui	Shexian	/t͡sɛ³²⁴/
Hui	Tunxi	/t͡sɔ⁴²/
Xiang	Changsha	/t͡san⁵⁵/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/t͡san⁵⁵/
Gan	Nanchang	/t͡san⁴⁵/
Hakka	Meixian	/t͡san⁵³/
Hakka	Taoyuan	/t͡sɑn⁵⁵/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/t͡san³³/
	Nanning	/t͡san³³/
	Hong Kong	/t͡san³³/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/t͡san²¹/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/t͡sɑŋ²¹²/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/t͡suiŋ³³/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/t͡saŋ²¹³/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/t͡saŋ³⁵/

Middle Chinese: /t͡sɑn^H/

Rime
Character	贊
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	寒 (61)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	則旰切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sɑn^H/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sɑn^H/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sɑn^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡san^H/
Li Rong	/t͡sɑn^H/
Wang Li	/t͡sɑn^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sɑn^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zaan³

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*tsˤarʔ-s/
(Zhengzhang): /*ʔsaːns/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	贊
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zàn
Middle Chinese	‹ tsan^H ›
Old Chinese	/*tsˁarʔ-s/
English	assist
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	贊
Reading #	1/1
No.	16514
Phonetic component	贊
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	賛
Old Chinese	/*ʔsaːns/

Definitions

贊

to help; to support
翼贊／翼赞 ― yìzàn ― to assist
to agree
贊同／赞同 ― zàntóng ― to agree
(literature) a form and style of writing that summarizes and concludes a narrative, biography, or portrait, etc.

Compounds

不贊一辭／不赞一辞
交口稱贊／交口称赞
依贊／依赞
傳贊／传赞
像贊／像赞
參贊／参赞 (cānzàn)
宣贊／宣赞
獎贊／奖赞
痛贊／痛赞

翊贊／翊赞 (yìzàn)
自贊／自赞
褒贊／褒赞
詠贊／咏赞
論贊／论赞
贊助／赞助 (zànzhù)
贊助人／赞助人
贊助商／赞助商 (zànzhùshāng)
贊同／赞同 (zàntóng)

贊善／赞善
贊成／赞成 (zànchéng)
贊拜／赞拜 (zànbài)
贊普／赞普 (zànpǔ)
贊比亞／赞比亚 (Zànbǐyà)
贊理／赞理
贊禮／赞礼 (zànlǐ)
贊翼／赞翼
輔贊／辅赞

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 贊 – see 讚 (“to praise; to commend; to eulogize; to like; etc.”). (This character, 贊, is a variant form of 讚.)

References

“贊”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Shinjitai	賛
Kyūjitai	贊

Kanji

贊

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 賛)

Kyūjitai form of 賛 (help, assist, support)

Readings

Go-on: さん (san)
Kan-on: さん (san)
Kun: たすける (tasukeru, 贊ける); たたえる (tataeru, 贊える)

Korean

Hanja

贊 (eum 찬 (chan))

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Vietnamese

Han character

贊: Hán Nôm readings: tán

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