Chinese symbol for “laud”
赞
zàn
Traditional: 贊
(bound form) to patronize; to support; to aid; (bound form) to praise; to laud
The closest CC-CEDICT match for laud is 赞 (zàn), defined as: (bound form) to patronize; to support; to aid; (bound form) to praise; to laud.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “laud”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 赞.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 赞成 (贊成) | zàn chéng | to approve of; to agree with; (literary) to help bring about |
| 赞同 (讚同) | zàn tóng | variant of 赞同 (zàn tóng) |
| 赞助 (贊助) | zàn zhù | to sponsor; to provide financial or material support |
| 赞美 (讚美) | zàn měi | to admire; to praise |
| 称赞 (稱讚) | chēng zàn | to praise; to commend; to compliment |
See also: Japanese symbol for “laud”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.