赞

See also: 贊さん and 讚たたえ

Translingual

Traditional	贊さん
Shinjitai	賛さん
Simplified	赞

Etymology

Simplified from 贊さん (貝かい → 贝).

Also Simplified from 讚たたえ (elimination of 言げん and 貝かい → 贝)

Phono-semantic compound (形聲けいせい／形声けいせい) : phonetic 兟 (OC *srin) + semantic 贝 (“money”) – to help with money.

Han character

赞 (Kangxi radical 154, 贝+12, 16 strokes, cangjie input 竹たけ山月やまつき人じん (HUBO), composition ⿱兟贝)

1. to praise
2. help, support, assist, aid, patronize

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1213, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3658, character 1
• Unihan data for U+8D5E

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Chinese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 赞 – see 贊さん (“to help; to support; to agree; etc.”). (This character is the simplified form of 贊さん).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 赞 – see 讚たたえ (“to praise; to commend; to eulogize; to like; etc.”). (This character is the simplified form of 讚たたえ).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.