讚

See also: 讃 and 赞
讚 U+8B9A, 讚
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8B9A
← 讙
[U+8B99] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 讛 →
[U+8B9B]

Translingual
Traditional 讚
Shinjitai 讃
Simplified 赞

Han character

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

References
  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1188, character 4
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1652, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4034, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+8B9A

Chinese
trad. 讚/贊*
simp. 赞*
2nd round simp. 𰷣
nonstandard simp. 𬤮
alternative forms 讃

Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (贊) (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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ʔsaːns) : semantic 言 (“say”) + phonetic 贊 (OC *ʔsaːns).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 讚
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		 /t͡sɑnH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /t͡sɑnH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /t͡sɑnH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /t͡sanH/
Li
Rong		 /t͡sɑnH/
Wang
Li		 /t͡sɑnH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /t͡sɑnH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 zàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 zaan3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 讚
Reading # 1/1
No. 16516
Phonetic
component		 贊
Rime
group		 元
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 賛
Old
Chinese		 /*ʔsaːns/

Definitions

讚

  1. to praise; to commend; to eulogize
  2. (Internet, social media) to like
Antonyms
  • (antonym(s) of “to like”): 踩 (cǎi)
Compounds

Pronunciation

Definitions

讚

  1. (chiefly Southern Min, Taiwanese Mandarin) cool; awesome
Synonyms
  • (Mandarin) 棒 (bàng)

Etymology 3
For pronunciation and definitions of 讚 – see 㜺 (“good; great”).
(This character is a variant form of 㜺).

Further reading

Japanese

Shinjitai

 讃

Kyūjitai

 讚

Kanji
讚

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 讃)

  1. praise
  2. picture title

Readings

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 讚 (MC tsanH).

Historical Readings
Dongguk Jeongun Reading
Dongguk Jeongun, 1448잔〮 (Yale: cán)
Middle Korean
TextEumhun
Gloss (hun)Reading
Hunmong Jahoe, 1527기릴〮 (Yale: kìlíl)찬〯 (Yale: chǎn)
Gwangju Cheonjamun, 1575기릴 (Yale: kilil)찬 (Yale: chan)
Seokbong Cheonjamun, 1583기릴 (Yale: kilil)찬 (Yale: chan)

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [t͡ɕʰa̠(ː)n]
  • Phonetic hangul: [찬(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Hanja

Wikisource 讚 (eumhun 기릴 찬 (giril chan))

  1. Hanja form? of 찬 (“to praise; to laud”). [verbal root; affix]

Compounds
Compounds
  • 찬가 (讚歌, chan'ga, “song of praise”)
  • 찬미 (讚美, chanmi, “praise, lauding”)
  • 찬불 (讚佛, chanbul, “praise of the Buddha”)
  • 찬사 (讚辭, chansa, “words of praise”)
  • 찬송 (讚頌, chansong, “praise, lauding”)
  • 찬양 (讚揚, chanyang, “praise”)
  • 격찬 (激讚, gyeokchan, “great praise”)
  • 경찬 (慶讚, gyeongchan, “Buddhist praise”)
  • 과찬 (過讚, gwachan, “excessive praise”)
  • 극찬 (極讚, geukchan, “extreme praise”)
  • 예찬 (禮讚, yechan, “lauding”)
  • 자찬 (自讚, jachan, “self-praise”)
  • 절찬 (絕讚, jeolchan, “extreme praise”)
  • 칭찬 (稱讚, chingchan, “compliment”)
  • 찬송가 (讚頌歌, chansongga, “Christian hymn”)
  • 격절칭찬 (擊節稱讚, gyeokjeolchingchan)
  • 자화자찬 (自畫自讚, jahwajachan)

Vietnamese

Han character

讚: Hán Nôm readings: tán

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