Chinese Character Wiki
赞

zàn

praise, support

Phonosemantic compound. 贝 represents the meaning and 兟 represents the sound. Simplified form of 贊.

Components
兟 sound component

兟  Sound component

shēn

  

go forward

贝 meaning component

贝  Meaning component

bèi

  

sea shell

Shells (貝) were used as currency in ancient China. Used here to depict financial support.

Evolution

赞 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
赞 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
赞 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
赞 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
赞 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

赞 (贊) 

zàn

help, support, assist, aid; to patronize; to support; to praise; (Internet slang) to like (an online post on Facebook etc)

赞 (讃) 

zàn

variant of 讚|赞[zàn]

赞 (讚) 

zàn

variant of 贊|赞[zàn]

Most common words with 赞
Freq.
Word
Meaning

赞

to patronize

赞成

to approve

赞助

to support

赞同

to approve of

赞美

to admire

Component uses

Sound component in 6 characters (0 verified)

攒 瓒 缵 趱 躜 臜

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*tsˤarʔ-s

tsanH

zàn

assist


Statistics

HSK level 4

Appears in 28.3037% of movies

1250th most common character in movies

1179th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

16

Traditional

贊

Unicode

U+8D5E


This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Creative Commons License