攢

See also: 攅 and 攒

Translingual

Traditional	攢
Shinjitai (extended)	攅
Simplified	攒

Han character

攢 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+19, 22 strokes, cangjie input 手竹山金 (QHUC), four-corner 5408₆, composition ⿰扌贊)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 464, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13030
• Dae Jaweon: page 813, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1990, character 6
• Unihan data for U+6522

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Chinese

trad.		攢
simp.		攒

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

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zǎn (zan³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zaan²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǎn
    • Wade–Giles: tsan³
    • Yale: dzǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzaan
    • Palladius: цзань (czanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sän²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zaan²
    • Yale: jáan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzaan²
    • Guangdong Romanization: zan²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saːn³⁵/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 攢

1. to bend
2. to save

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cuán (cuan²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cyun⁴ / zyun⁶ / zaan⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cuán
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻuan²
    • Yale: tswán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tswan
    • Palladius: цуань (cuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu̯än³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: cyun⁴ / zyun⁶ / zaan⁶
    • Yale: chyùhn / jyuhn / jaahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsyn⁴ / dzyn⁶ / dzaan⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: qun⁴ / jun⁶ / zan⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰyːn²¹/, /t͡syːn²²/, /t͡saːn²²/

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• Middle Chinese: dzwanH

Rime
Character	攢
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	桓 (62)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	在玩切
Baxter	dzwanH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡zuɑnH/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡zʷɑnH/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡zuɑnH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡zwanH/
Li Rong	/d͡zuɑnH/
Wang Li	/d͡zuɑnH/
Bernard Karlgren	/d͡zʱuɑnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zuàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zyun6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsoːnʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	攢
Reading #	2/2
No.	16530
Phonetic component	贊
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	纂
Old Chinese	/*ʔsoːnʔ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 攢

1. to gather

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zàn (zan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄢˋ

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• 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/

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• Middle Chinese: tsanH

Rime
Character	攢
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	寒 (61)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	則旰切
Baxter	tsanH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sɑnH/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sɑnH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sɑnH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sanH/
Li Rong	/t͡sɑnH/
Wang Li	/t͡sɑnH/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sɑnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zaan3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsaːns/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	攢
Reading #	1/2
No.	16521
Phonetic component	贊
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	賛
Old Chinese	/*ʔsaːns/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 攢

1. to loosen

Pronunciation 4

For pronunciation and definitions of 攢 – see 鑽 (“to drill; to bore; to study intensively; etc.”). (This character is the simplified form of 鑽).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

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Japanese

Kanji

攢

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

1. save
2. hoard

Readings

• On (unclassified): さん (san)
• Kun: あつめる (atsumeru, 攢める); あつまる (atsumaru, 攢まる)

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Korean

Hanja

攢 • (chan) (hangeul 찬, revised chan, McCune–Reischauer ch'an, Yale chan)

1. save
2. hoard

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 攢 (quần, toản, toàn)

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