漢字Kanji · in Animals & Wildlife
賛: approve, praise
Also: title or inscription on picture, assist, agree with
JLPT N315 strokesGrade 5Your ink: 白 Not met
貝 carries the meaning · 夫 is drawn in
15 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
サンsan · on'yomi · in compounds
- 賛成するさんせいするagree
- 賛同するさんどうするagree
- 賞賛するしょうさんするpraise
- 絶賛するぜっさんするpraise highly
- 協賛するきょうさんするcooperate, cosponsor
- 賛否さんぴyes and no
- 賛意さんいassent
Also read たすける, たたえる, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Treasure the moment! This radical represents the very origins of commerce and the primal concept of wealth.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
夫
Also built on husband (夫)
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side賛 approve · 夫 + 貝
vs頰 cheeks · 夾 + 頁In ChineseSimplified 赞 · traditional 贊 · zàn
Three different forms: Japanese 賛, simplified 赞, traditional 贊.
- Simplified
- 赞 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 贊 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin zàn most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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