Hanja Analyzer
讚

讚 — chan

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
기릴 찬
Romanization
chan
English
praise, commend, eulogize
Mandarin
zàn
Japanese on'yomi
サン
Japanese kun'yomi
ほ.める たた.える
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
26
Variant forms
讃
Radical
言 (149, 19 residual)
Phonetic component
贊(찬)
Unicode
U+8B9A

Parts that make up 讚

  • 言 말씀 언, 심사 화평할 은 혀 위에 표를 더한 모양말하고 적는 일
  • 贊 도울 찬sound

How 讚 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 讚 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 言, 贊.

Korean example words with 讚

  • 격찬激讚 Korean gloss: 매우 칭찬함
  • 상찬賞讚 Korean gloss: 기리어 칭찬함
  • 찬시讚詩 Korean gloss: 찬미하거나 찬양하는 시
  • 찬송讚頌 Korean gloss: 신성한 대상을 찬미하는 노래
  • 극찬極讚 Korean gloss: 매우 칭찬함. 또는 그런 칭찬
  • 찬사讚辭 Korean gloss: 칭찬하거나 찬양하는 말이나 글
  • 찬상讚賞 Korean gloss: 훌륭하고 아름답게 여기어 칭찬함
  • 영찬影讚 Korean gloss: 사람의 얼굴을 그린 그림을 찬양함
  • 찬가讚歌 Korean gloss: 찬양, 찬미의 뜻을 나타내는 노래
  • 찬양讚揚 Korean gloss: 아름답고 훌륭함을 크게 기리고 드러냄
  • 찬미讚美 Korean gloss: 아름답고 훌륭한 것이나 위대한 것 따위를 기리어 칭송함
  • 칭찬稱讚 Korean gloss: 좋은 점이나 착하고 훌륭한 일을 높이 평가함. 또는 그런 말

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 讚

  • 讚さん a style of Chinese poetry; legend or inscription on a picture

Characters sharing the phonetic 贊

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “찬” in Korean.

Other hanja read “찬”

Other hanja with radical 言

Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences