賛

See also: 替, 贊, and 赞

Translingual

Traditional	贊
Shinjitai	賛
Simplified	赞

Han character

賛 (Kangxi 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 Dictionary: page 1209, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36841
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): 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; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 贊).

Usage notes

In the 第一批简体字表 (1935), it was proposed that the simplified form of 贊／赞 (zàn) be this character.

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Japanese

Shinjitai	賛
Kyūjitai	贊

Kanji

賛

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 贊)

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

Readings

• Go-on: 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

• 賛成(さんせい) (sansei): to approve, agree
• 賛同(さんどう) (sandō): approval, endorsement
• 賛仰(さんぎょう) (sangyō):
• 賛辞(さんじ) (sanji): compliment, eulogy

• 賛嘆(さんたん) (santan): to praise, to extol
• 賛美(さんび) (sanbi): praise, adoration
• 絶賛(ぜっさん) (zessan): high praise, rave reviews
• 賞賛(しょうさん) (shōsan): praise, admiration

Kanji in this term
賛
さん Grade: 5
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
贊 (kyūjitai)

Noun

賛(さん) • (san) 

1. praise, tribute
2. inscription on picture