Chinese Character 贊 Meanings and components.

Form

贊

Meaning

贊 meaning[3] in English

To Patronize.

To Support.

To Praise.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 贊 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are early (先) , and surname Bei (貝)

Its radical[1] is: 貝 (bei4) which means: Surname Bei, .貝bei4surname Bei

In cangjie it is written with HUBUC

How to write 贊

To write贊zan4to patronize you should write a combination of 先xian1early , 貝bei4surname Bei arranged in a 咒 shape:

先 + 貝 = 贊

贊 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 贊 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 贊, looks as follow:

贊
Pinyin:zan4 Shape:咒
Meaning[3]: To Patronize . To Support . To Praise . (Internet Slang) To Like (An Online Post On Facebook Etc)
先
Pinyin:xian1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Early . Prior . Former . In Advance . First
牛
Pinyin:niu2
Meaning[3]: Surname Niu
儿
Pinyin:er2
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 人[Ren2] . 'Person' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 10), Occurring In 兒, 兀, 兄 Etc
貝
Pinyin:bei4
Meaning[3]: Surname Bei
目
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Eye . Item . Section . List . Catalogue . Table Of Contents . Order (Taxonomy) . Goal . Name . Title
八
Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: Eight . 8

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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