讚

simpl.		赞
trad.		讚

See also 讃

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 言 (“say”) + phonetic 贊

Han character

讚 (radical 149 言+19, 26 strokes, cangjie input 卜口竹山金 (YRHUC), four-corner 0468₆, composition ⿰言贊)

1. to praise, to commend, to eulogize

References

• KangXi: page 1188, character 4
• Dae Jaweon: page 1652, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4034, character 5
• Unihan data for U+8B9A

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Cantonese

Hanzi

讚 (Yale jaan3)

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Japanese

讚

Readings

• On: さん (san)
• Kun: ほめる (homeru), ほめことば (homekotoba)

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Korean

Hanja

讚 (hangeul 찬, revised chan, McCune-Reischauer ch'an, Yale chan)

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

• IPA: [tsan˥˩]

Verb

讚 (traditional, Pinyin zàn, simplified 赞)

1. to commend; to praise
2. to aid; to assist

Derived terms

• 稱讚
• 讚揚
• 讚美

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Min Nan

Pronunciation

• IPA: [tsan˥˧]

Adjective

讚 (traditional, POJ chán, simplified 赞)

1. awesome; cool

See also

• 棒 (Mandarin equivalent)

Verb

讚 (traditional, POJ chán, simplified 赞)

1. to commend; to praise

Derived terms

• 稱讚
• 讚揚
• 讚美

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Vietnamese

Han character

讚 (tán)