贊
zàn

praise, support

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approved by Peter Olson · Jan 12, 2022, 06:29 PM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Jan 12, 2022, 06:29 PM

about as similar then as now

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Phonosemantic compound. 貝 represents the meaning and 兟 represents the sound.

Components

兟
兟 Sound component
貝
貝 Meaning component

Shells (貝) were used as currency in ancient China. Used here to depict financial support.

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttsanHtsˤarʔ-s assist

說文解字

《說文》：“贊，見也。从貝，从兟。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)