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Chinese symbol for “praise”

赞
zàn
Traditional: 讚
(bound form) to praise; to laud (variant of 赞 (zàn))

The closest CC-CEDICT match for praise is 赞 (zàn), defined as: (bound form) to praise; to laud (variant of 赞 (zàn)).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

赞 zàn
to help, to support; to laud, to praise
radical 154 ⾙ · 16 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “praise”

WordPinyinMeaning
称赞 (稱讚)chēng zànto praise; to commend; to compliment
赞扬 (讚揚)zàn yángto praise; to approve of
表扬 (表揚)biǎo yángto praise; to commend
誉 (譽)yùto praise; to acclaim
赞誉 (讚譽)zàn yùto praise; to acclaim

Related words

Other words that share a character with 赞.

WordPinyinMeaning
赞成 (贊成)zàn chéngto approve of; to agree with; (literary) to help bring about
赞同 (讚同)zàn tóngvariant of 赞同 (zàn tóng)
赞助 (贊助)zàn zhùto sponsor; to provide financial or material support
赞美 (讚美)zàn měito admire; to praise
称赞 (稱讚)chēng zànto praise; to commend; to compliment

See also: Japanese symbol for “praise”.

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.