cuán​jù

gather

zǎn save Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components

Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

is a component form of .

Sound component
zàn praise, support

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

assemble

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Sound component
take
Meaning component
zhòng, yín, pān people standing side-by-side

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 3 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdzjuXm-tsʰoʔ bring together
dzjuHm-tsʰoʔ-s bring together

說文解字

《說文》:“聚,會也。从,取聲。邑落云聚。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica

zǎn save Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

is a component form of .

Sound component
zàn praise, support

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangʔsaːns
ʔsoːnʔ
Unicodedzhuɑn

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang