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赞

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(bound form) to praise; to laud (variant of 贊|赞[zan4])

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HSK 3.0
Level 4
Old HSK
Level 5
Strokes
16
Radical
貝 +12
Structure
Top–bottom 上下
Traditional
贊
Common rank
#1,508
Unicode
U+8D5E

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Formation & memory

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How 赞 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

贝 meaning “money” + 兟 sound ( shēn )

Components 兟 贝

How to remember it

succor · Heisig RSH #1597

oyster + 先 before

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 赞

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

WordPinyinMeaning
不赞一词 bù zàn yī cí (idiom) to remain silent; to make no comment
赞不绝口 zàn bù jué kǒu (idiom) can't stop praising
松赞干布 Sōng zàn Gàn bù Songtsen Gampo or Songzain Gambo (604-650) Tibetan emperor, founder of the Tubo 吐蕃[Tu3 bo1…
赞比亚 Zàn bǐ yà Zambia
大政翼赞会 Dà zhèng Yì zàn huì Taisei Yokusankai, Japanese fascist organization created in 1940
满口称赞 mǎn kǒu chēng zàn to praise profusely
松赞干布陵 Sōng zàn Gàn bù líng the tomb of Tibetan king Songtsen Gampo or Songzain Gambo in Lhoka prefecture
赞成票 zàn chéng piào affirmative vote
赞皇县 Zàn huáng Xiàn Zanhuang, a county in Shijiazhuang City 石家莊市|石家庄市[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1 Shi4], Hebei
赞成 zàn chéng to approve of; to agree with; (literary) to help bring about
点赞 diǎn zàn to like; to upvote (on social media)
赞美 zàn měi to admire; to praise; to eulogize
赞同 zàn tóng variant of 贊同|赞同[zan4 tong2]
赞同 zàn tóng to approve of; to agree with (an opinion, action etc); to endorse
传赞 zhuàn zàn (literary) historian's commentary traditionally appended to a biography
比赞 bǐ zàn to give a thumbs-up
赞助商 zàn zhù shāng sponsor
赞词 zàn cí words of praise; expression of praise
赞词 zàn cí variant of 讚詞|赞词[zan4 ci2]
赞普 zàn pǔ (historical) Tsenpo, title of the ruler of the Tibetan Empire