賛

See also: 替, 贊, and 赞

賛 U+8CDB, 賛 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8CDB ← 賚 [U+8CDA] CJK Unified Ideographs 賜 → [U+8CDC]

Translingual

Traditional	贊
Shinjitai	賛
Simplified	赞

Etymology

Japanese shinjitai character. Simplified from 贊 (兟 → 㚘).

Compare unrelated 替 (derived from 暜), with top component 㚘 simplified from 竝.

Han character

賛 (radical 154, 貝+8, 15 strokes, cangjie input 手人月山金 (QOBUC), composition ⿱㚘貝)

Derived characters

• 儧, 攅, 櫕, 濽, 瓉, 纉, 讃, 鄼, 鑚, 㠝, 㸇/𤎺, 𡂐, 𡣶, 𢖑, 𥎞, 𥣪, 𦢤, 𦪸, 𨇃, 𨘧, 䟎, 𠓒, 𨣵, 𨲽, 𩍴, 𩟪, 𩯳/𩯒

References

• KangXi: page 1209, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36841
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3645, character 5
• Unihan data for U+8CDB

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Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 賛 – see 贊 (“to help; to support; to agree”). (This character, 賛, is a variant form of 贊.)

Usage notes

In the first batch of simplified Chinese characters (1935), it was originally proposed that the traditional character 贊 be simplified as this character. However, the final form of the simplified character approved in 1965 is written 赞 instead.

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Japanese

Shinjitai	賛
Kyūjitai	贊

Kanji

賛

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 贊)

1. assist, help
2. agree, approve, support

Readings

• Goon: さん (san, Jōyō)
• Kan’on: さん (san, Jōyō)
• Kun: たすける (tasukeru, 賛ける); たたえる (tataeru, 賛える)

Compounds

Derived terms

• 賛 (さん)成 (せい) (sansei): to approve, agree
• 賛 (さん)同 (どう) (sandō): approval, endorsement
• 賛 (さん)仰 (ぎょう) (sangyō):
• 賛 (さん)辞 (じ) (sanji): compliment, eulogy

• 賛 (さん)嘆 (たん) (santan): to praise, to extol
• 賛 (さん)美 (び) (sanbi): praise, adoration
• 絶 (ぜっ)賛 (さん) (zessan): high praise, rave reviews
• 賞 (しょう)賛 (さん) (shōsan): praise, admiration