贊

See also: 賛, 赞, and 讚

贊	U+8D0A, 贊 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8D0A

← 贉
[U+8D09]

CJK Unified Ideographs

贋 →
[U+8D0B]

Translingual

Traditional	贊
Shinjitai	賛
Simplified	赞

Han character

贊 (Kangxi radical 154, 貝+12, 19 strokes, cangjie input 竹山月山金 (HUBUC), four-corner 2480₆, composition ⿱兟貝)

Derived characters

儹, 囋, 㜺, 巑, 㦫, 攢, 灒, 欑, 瓚, 禶, 臢, 䂎, 礸, 穳, 襸, 纘, 讚, 躦, 䡽, 鑽, 饡
趲, 劗, 酇, 籫, 䰖

Additional Derived Characters

𢑊, 𲆌, 𣪁, 𤓎, 𤿀, 𦫅, 𧹍, 𧹏, 𨤆, 𨳄, 𩎈, 𩵆, 𪚇, 𣀹, 𡿍, 𧄽

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1212, character 21
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36935
Dae Jaweon: page 1678, character 24
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3657, character 21
Unihan data for U+8D0A

Chinese

trad.		贊
simp.		赞^*
2nd round simp.		𰷣
alternative forms		賛／赞

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 贊
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series () (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

Originally 賛. Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 㚘 + 貝 (“money”) – to help with money.

Now phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ʔsaːns): phonetic 兟 (OC *srin) + semantic 貝 (“money”).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): zàn (zan⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄢˋ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): zan⁴
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zaan³

(Taishan, Wiktionary): dan¹
Gan (Wiktionary): zan⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chan

(Meixian, Guangdong): zan⁴
Jin (Wiktionary): zan³
Northern Min (KCR): cu̿ing
Eastern Min (BUC): cáng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chàn

(Teochew, Peng'im): zang³
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵tse
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): zan⁴

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/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: zan⁴
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: zan
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡san²¹³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: zaan³
  - Yale: jaan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzaan³
  - Guangdong Romanization: zan³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saːn³³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: dan¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tan³³/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: zan⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡san³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chan
  - Hakka Romanization System: zan
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zan⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡san⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: zan⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡san⁵³/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: zan³
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sæ̃⁴⁵/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: cu̿ing
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡suiŋ³³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: cáng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɑŋ²¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chàn
  - Tâi-lô: tsàn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zaxn
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /t͡san²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡san¹¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /t͡san⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: zang³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsàng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saŋ²¹³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵tse
  - MiniDict: tse^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tse
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡se³⁴/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: zan⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡san⁴⁵/

Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 贊
Mandarin	Beijing	/t͡san⁵¹/
	Harbin	/t͡san⁵³/
	Tianjin	/t͡san⁵³/
	Jinan	/t͡sã²¹/
	Qingdao	/t͡sã⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/t͡san³¹²/ /t͡suan³¹²/
	Xi'an	/t͡sã⁴⁴/
	Xining	/t͡sã²¹³/
	Yinchuan	/t͡san¹³/
	Lanzhou	/t͡sɛ̃n¹³/
	Ürümqi	/t͡san²¹³/
	Wuhan	/t͡san³⁵/
	Chengdu	/t͡san¹³/
	Guiyang	/t͡san²¹³/
	Kunming	/t͡sã̠²¹²/
	Nanjing	/t͡saŋ⁴⁴/
	Hefei	/t͡sæ̃⁵³/
Jin	Taiyuan	/t͡sæ̃⁴⁵/
	Pingyao	/t͡sɑŋ³⁵/
	Hohhot	/t͡sæ̃⁵⁵/
Wu	Shanghai	/t͡se³⁵/
	Suzhou	/t͡se̞⁵¹³/
	Hangzhou	/t͡sẽ̞⁴⁴⁵/
	Wenzhou	/t͡sa⁴²/
Hui	Shexian	/t͡sɛ³²⁴/
Hui	Tunxi	/t͡sɔ⁴²/
Xiang	Changsha	/t͡san⁵⁵/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/t͡san⁵⁵/
Gan	Nanchang	/t͡san⁴⁵/
Hakka	Meixian	/t͡san⁵³/
Hakka	Taoyuan	/t͡sɑn⁵⁵/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/t͡san³³/
	Nanning	/t͡san³³/
	Hong Kong	/t͡san³³/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/t͡san²¹/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/t͡sɑŋ²¹²/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/t͡suiŋ³³/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/t͡saŋ²¹³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/t͡saŋ³⁵/

Middle Chinese: tsanH

Rime
Character	贊
Reading #	1/1
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	/t͡sɑn^H/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sɑn^H/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sɑn^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡san^H/
Li Rong	/t͡sɑn^H/
Wang Li	/t͡sɑn^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡sɑn^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zaan³

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*tsˤarʔ-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*ʔsaːns/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	贊
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zàn
Middle Chinese	‹ tsan^H ›
Old Chinese	/*tsˁarʔ-s/
English	assist
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	贊
Reading #	1/1
No.	16514
Phonetic component
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	賛
Old Chinese	/*ʔsaːns/

Definitions

贊

to help; to support
翼贊／翼赞 ― yìzàn ― to assist
to agree
贊同／赞同 ― zàntóng ― to agree
(literature) a form and style of writing that summarizes and concludes a narrative, biography, or portrait, etc.

Compounds

不贊一辭 / 不赞一辞 (bùzànyīcí)
交口稱贊 / 交口称赞
依贊 / 依赞
傳贊 / 传赞
像贊 / 像赞
參贊 / 参赞 (cānzàn)
宣贊 / 宣赞
獎贊 / 奖赞
痛贊 / 痛赞
翊贊 / 翊赞 (yìzàn)
自贊 / 自赞
褒贊 / 褒赞
詠贊 / 咏赞
論贊 / 论赞
贊助 / 赞助 (zànzhù)
贊助人 / 赞助人
贊助商 / 赞助商 (zànzhùshāng)
贊同 / 赞同 (zàntóng)
贊善 / 赞善
贊成 / 赞成 (zànchéng)
贊拜 / 赞拜 (zànbài)
贊普 / 赞普 (zànpǔ)
贊比亞 / 赞比亚 (Zànbǐyà)
贊理 / 赞理
贊禮 / 赞礼 (zànlǐ)
贊翼 / 赞翼
輔贊 / 辅赞

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 贊 – see 讚 (“to praise; to commend; to eulogize; to like; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 讚).

Etymology 3

trad.		贊
simp.		赞^*
alternative forms		赠助

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chān

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chān
  - Tâi-lô: tsān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zan
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡san³³/

Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 贊
Mandarin	Beijing	/t͡san⁵¹/
	Harbin	/t͡san⁵³/
	Tianjin	/t͡san⁵³/
	Jinan	/t͡sã²¹/
	Qingdao	/t͡sã⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/t͡san³¹²/ /t͡suan³¹²/
	Xi'an	/t͡sã⁴⁴/
	Xining	/t͡sã²¹³/
	Yinchuan	/t͡san¹³/
	Lanzhou	/t͡sɛ̃n¹³/
	Ürümqi	/t͡san²¹³/
	Wuhan	/t͡san³⁵/
	Chengdu	/t͡san¹³/
	Guiyang	/t͡san²¹³/
	Kunming	/t͡sã̠²¹²/
	Nanjing	/t͡saŋ⁴⁴/
	Hefei	/t͡sæ̃⁵³/
Jin	Taiyuan	/t͡sæ̃⁴⁵/
	Pingyao	/t͡sɑŋ³⁵/
	Hohhot	/t͡sæ̃⁵⁵/
Wu	Shanghai	/t͡se³⁵/
	Suzhou	/t͡se̞⁵¹³/
	Hangzhou	/t͡sẽ̞⁴⁴⁵/
	Wenzhou	/t͡sa⁴²/
Hui	Shexian	/t͡sɛ³²⁴/
Hui	Tunxi	/t͡sɔ⁴²/
Xiang	Changsha	/t͡san⁵⁵/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/t͡san⁵⁵/
Gan	Nanchang	/t͡san⁴⁵/
Hakka	Meixian	/t͡san⁵³/
Hakka	Taoyuan	/t͡sɑn⁵⁵/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/t͡san³³/
	Nanning	/t͡san³³/
	Hong Kong	/t͡san³³/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/t͡san²¹/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/t͡sɑŋ²¹²/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/t͡suiŋ³³/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/t͡saŋ²¹³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/t͡saŋ³⁵/

to help; to support

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 幫忙 (“to help; to lend a hand”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		幫忙
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	幫忙兒
	Taiwan	幫忙
	Malaysia	幫忙
	Singapore	幫忙
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	幫忙
	Wanrong	幫忙
	Xi'an	幫忙
Southwestern Mandarin	Guilin	幫忙
Southwestern Mandarin	Liuzhou	幫手
Cantonese	Guangzhou	幫手
	Hong Kong	幫手
	Macau	幫手
	Taishan	幫手
	Yangjiang	幫手
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	幫手
	Singapore (Guangfu)	幫手
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	幫手
Gan	Nanchang	幫忙
Gan	Lichuan	幫忙
Hakka	Meixian	𢯭手, 幫忙, 幫手, 扛幫
	Xingning	𢯭手
	Huidong (Daling)	𢯭手
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	𢯭手
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	𢯭手
	Changting	𢯭手
	Wuping	幹𢯭
	Wuping (Pingyu)	𢯭手
	Liancheng	𢯭手
	Ruijin	𢯭手
	Shicheng	幫手
	Shangyou (Shexi)	幫手
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	𢯭手
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	𢯭手
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	𢯭手
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	𢯭手
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	𢯭手
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	鬥相共, 𢯭手
Huizhou	Jixi	幫忙
Jin	Taiyuan	打幫, 相幫
Northern Min	Jian'ou	幫襯
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	對手
Eastern Min	Matsu	對手
Southern Min	Xiamen	鬥相共, 鬥跤手
	Quanzhou	鬥相共, 鬥跤手, 鬥跤搭
	Zhangzhou	鬥相共, 鬥跤手
	Zhao'an	幫忙
	Taipei	鬥相共
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	鬥相共
	Kaohsiung	鬥跤手
	Yilan	鬥相共
	Changhua (Lukang)	鬥相共
	Taichung	鬥相共, 鬥跤手
	Taichung (Wuqi)	幫助
	Tainan	鬥相共, 鬥跤手
	Taitung	鬥跤手
	Hsinchu	鬥相共, 鬥跤手
	Kinmen	鬥相共
	Penghu (Magong)	鬥相共, 鬥跤手, 幫忙, 鬥相贊
	Penang (Hokkien)	鬥跤手, 幫忙
	Singapore (Hokkien)	鬥跤手, 幫忙, 鬥相共
	Manila (Hokkien)	鬥相共, 鬥, 幫助, 幫贈
	Chaozhou	相輔
	Shantou	相輔, 幫忙
	Shantou (Chenghai)	相輔
	Jieyang	相輔
	Singapore (Teochew)	相輔
	Pontianak (Teochew)	相輔
	Leizhou	幫跤接手
	Haikou	幫跤手
	Singapore (Hainanese)	幫跤手, 幫忙
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	幫手
Wu	Shanghai	幫忙, 相幫, 幫襯 dated
Xiang	Loudi	幫忙

Compounds

Japanese

Shinjitai	賛
Kyūjitai	贊

Kanji

贊

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 賛)

Kyūjitai form of 賛 (help, assist, support)

Readings

Go-on: さん (san)
Kan-on: さん (san)
Kun: たすける (tasukeru, 贊ける)、たたえる (tataeru, 贊える)

Korean

Hanja

贊 (eum 찬 (chan))

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Vietnamese

Han character

贊: Hán Nôm readings: tán

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