zàn
verb

Meanings

  1. 1 Japanese variant form of 赞 (to praise; to commend)

Examples

Zhè shì Rìběn shì de zìxíng, biāozhǔn Zhōngwén xiě zuò zàn.
This is a Japanese-style character form; standard Chinese writes the word as 赞.

Tips

history
is a Japanese / variant form of . It is not used in standard written Chinese — the equivalent character is (to praise / to like, as in 'to praise', 'to give a thumbs-up').
register
Seen in Japanese contexts and variant-form notes only; a Chinese reader should use .

Components

radical
yán
speech; words
The speech radical (written fully as in this form) marks praise as something done with words — to speak well of someone.
phonetic
zàn
to support; to assist
gives the sound zàn and a flavor of supporting or endorsing. Standard Chinese uses the simplified form of this same element on its own.

No stroke data for ; the glyph shown is your device font, so component strokes can't be highlighted.

Stroke Order

zàn