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Translingual
Han character
贊 (Kangxi radical 154, 貝+12, 19 strokes, cangjie input 竹山月山金 (HUBUC), four-corner 24806, composition ⿱兟貝)
Derived characters
- 儹, 囋, 㜺, 巑, 𢑊, 㦫, 攢, 灒, 欑, 𤓎, 瓚, 臢, 禶, 䂎, 礸, 穳, 襸, 纘, 𧹍, 讚, 𧹏, 趲, 躦, 䡽, 鑽, 饡
- 劗, 酇, 籫, 䰖
See also
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1212, character 21
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36935
- Dae Jaweon: page 1678, character 24
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3657, character 21
- Unihan data for U+8D0A
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 贊
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*ʔsaːns
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| 趲
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*ʔsaːns, *zaːnʔ
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| 讚
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*ʔsaːns
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| 酇
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*ʔsaːns, *zoːn
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| 饡
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*ʔsaːns
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| 濽
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*ʔsaːns
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| 襸
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*ʔsaːns
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| 攢
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*ʔsaːns, *ʔsoːnʔ
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| 瓚
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*zaːnʔ
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| 禶
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*zaːnʔ, *zoːn
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| 穳
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*zaːns, *zoːn
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| 囋
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*zaːns, *zaːd
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| 鑽
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*ʔsoːn, *ʔsoːns
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| 劗
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*ʔsoːn, *zoːn
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| 纘
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*ʔsoːnʔ
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| 儧
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*ʔsoːnʔ
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| 鄼
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*ʔsoːnʔ
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| 欑
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*ʔsoːnʔ, *zoːn
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| 籫
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*ʔsoːnʔ
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| 巑
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*zoːn
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| 攅
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*zoːns
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Originally 賛. Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 㚘 + 貝 (“money”) – to help with money.
Now phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ʔsaːns) : phonetic 兟 (OC *srin) + semantic 貝 (“money”).
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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贊
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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zàn
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ tsanH ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*tsˁarʔ-s/
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| English
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assist
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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贊
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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16514
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Phonetic
component
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贊
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Rime
group
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元
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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賛
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Old
Chinese
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/*ʔsaːns/
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Definitions
贊
- to help; to support
- 翼贊／翼赞 ― yìzàn ― to assist
- to agree
- 贊同／赞同 ― zàntóng ― to agree
- (literature) a form and style of writing that summarizes and concludes a narrative, biography, or portrait, etc.
Compounds
Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 贊 – see 讚 (“to praise; to commend; to eulogize; to like; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 讚). |
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
- to help; to support
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
幫忙 (“to help; to lend a hand”)
| Variety
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Location
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Words
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| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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幫忙
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| Northeastern Mandarin
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Beijing
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幫忙兒
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| Taiwan
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幫忙
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| Malaysia
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幫忙
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| Singapore
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幫忙
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| Central Plains Mandarin
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Luoyang
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幫忙
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| Wanrong
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幫忙
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| Xi'an
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幫忙
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| Southwestern Mandarin
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Guilin
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幫忙
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| Liuzhou
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幫手
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| Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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幫手
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| Hong Kong
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幫手
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| Macau
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幫手
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| Taishan
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幫手
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| Yangjiang
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幫手
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| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
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幫手
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| Singapore (Guangfu)
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幫手
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| Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
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幫手
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| Gan
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Nanchang
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幫忙
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| Lichuan
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幫忙
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| Hakka
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Meixian
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𢯭手, 幫忙, 幫手, 扛幫
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| Xingning
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𢯭手
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| Huidong (Daling)
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𢯭手
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| Shaoguan (Qujiang)
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𢯭手
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| Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)
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𢯭手
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| Changting
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𢯭手
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| Wuping
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幹𢯭
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| Wuping (Pingyu)
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𢯭手
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| Liancheng
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𢯭手
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| Ruijin
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𢯭手
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| Shicheng
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幫手
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| Shangyou (Shexi)
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幫手
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| Miaoli (N. Sixian)
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𢯭手
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| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
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𢯭手
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| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
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𢯭手
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| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
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𢯭手
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| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
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𢯭手
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| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
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鬥相共, 𢯭手
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| Huizhou
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Jixi
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幫忙
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| Jin
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Taiyuan
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打幫, 相幫
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| Northern Min
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Jian'ou
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幫襯
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| Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
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對手
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| Matsu
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對手
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| Southern Min
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Xiamen
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鬥相共, 鬥跤手
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| Quanzhou
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鬥相共, 鬥跤手, 鬥跤搭
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| Zhangzhou
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鬥相共, 鬥跤手
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| Zhao'an
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幫忙
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| Taipei
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鬥相共
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| New Taipei (Sanxia)
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鬥相共
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| Kaohsiung
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鬥跤手
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| Yilan
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鬥相共
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| Changhua (Lukang)
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鬥相共
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| Taichung
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鬥相共, 鬥跤手
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| Taichung (Wuqi)
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幫助
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| Tainan
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鬥相共, 鬥跤手
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| Taitung
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鬥跤手
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| Hsinchu
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鬥相共, 鬥跤手
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| Kinmen
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鬥相共
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| Penghu (Magong)
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鬥相共, 鬥跤手, 幫忙, 鬥相贊
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| Penang (Hokkien)
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鬥跤手, 幫忙
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| Singapore (Hokkien)
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鬥跤手, 幫忙, 鬥相共
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| Manila (Hokkien)
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鬥相共, 鬥, 幫助, 幫贈
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| Chaozhou
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相輔
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| Shantou
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相輔, 幫忙
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| Shantou (Chenghai)
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相輔
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| Jieyang
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相輔
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| Singapore (Teochew)
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相輔
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| Pontianak (Teochew)
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相輔
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| Leizhou
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幫跤接手
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| Haikou
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幫跤手
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| Singapore (Hainanese)
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幫跤手, 幫忙
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| Southern Pinghua
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Nanning (Tingzi)
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幫手
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| Wu
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Shanghai
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幫忙, 相幫, 幫襯 dated
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| Xiang
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Loudi
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幫忙
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Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
贊
(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 賛)
- Kyūjitai form of 賛 (help, assist, support)
Readings
Korean
Hanja
贊 (eum 찬 (chan))
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Vietnamese
Han character
贊: Hán Nôm readings: tán
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