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讃

讃 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. ほめる、たたえる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

「讚」の略体（「贊」→「賛」の類推）。「讚」については讚#字源の項目を参照。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

praise, title on a picture

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • サン
Kun (native)
  • ほ(める)
  • たた(える)
Nanori (used in names)
  • さぬ
Other languages
  • 拼音zan4
  • 한글chan
  • Hán-ViệtTán

Basics

Strokes
22 strokes
Radical
言(げん)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+8B83

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰言賛

Words using this kanji

  • 讃賞さんしょう賛賞の別表記。praise
  • 讃談さんだんpraising Buddha, sermon, praise (second of the five gates of mindfulness), style of Buddhistic song of praise, usually praising Buddha, the Bodhisattva, the Buddhistic teachings, etc.
  • 讃岐さぬき旧国名。現在の香川県にあった令制国。Sanuki (former province located in present-day Kagawa Prefecture)
  • 讃岐岩さぬきがんsanukite
  • 讃岐弁さぬきべんKagawa dialect
  • 讃岐うどんさぬきうどんSanuki udon
  • 讃岐式アクセントさぬきしきアクセントSanuki accent, used in northern Shikoku

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(13 results)

Similar-looking kanji

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Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-7-15
Four Corner
0568.6
Spahn–Hadamitzky
7a15.1
Heisig
2747
Nelson
4451