Jisho

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15 strokes
Radical:
shell
Parts:
Variants:
approve, praise, title or inscription on picture, assist, agree with
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
868 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 賛 【サン】 praise, tribute, inscription (on a painting)
  • 賛意 【サンイ】 approval, assent
  • 協賛 【キョウサン】 support, mutual aid, cooperation, approval, authorization, authorisation
  • 絶賛 【ゼッサン】 high praise, great admiration, acclaim, with critical acclaim, to rave reviews, with high commendations, currently, presently, right now

Kun reading compounds

  • 称える 【たたえる】 to praise, to extol, to hail, to laud, to celebrate

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zan4
Korean:
chan

Spanish

  • admirar
  • alabar
  • elogiar
  • ayudar
  • consentir
  • aprobar

Portuguese

  • aprovar
  • elogiar
  • título ou inscrição em gravura
  • auxiliar
  • concordar com

French

  • approuver
  • accord
  • louanges
  • assister
  • inscription sur une peinture
619 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
716 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
690 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
881 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4516 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
841 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
929 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2394 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
745 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
758 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
376 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1736 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3484 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1797 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2446 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
851 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
36841 Morohashi
2809 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5814 New Nelson (John Haig)
843 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
906 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
807 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1461 2001 Kanji
7b8.6 The Kanji Dictionary
2-8-7 SKIP code
2-13-2 SKIP code
5580.6 Four corner code
1-27-31 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8cdb Unicode hex code

10 strokes
Radical:
grain
Parts:
Variants:
appellation, praise, admire, name, title, fame
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
985 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 称 【ショウ】 name, title, designation, fame, reputation
  • 称号 【ショウゴウ】 title, name, degree
  • 通称 【ツウショウ】 popular name, common name, nickname, alias
  • 公称 【コウショウ】 public name, announcing publicly, nominal

Kun reading compounds

  • 称える 【たたえる】 to praise, to extol, to hail, to laud, to celebrate
  • 称える 【となえる】 to call (by a name), to name
  • 褒める 【ほめる】 to praise, to commend, to compliment, to speak well of, to speak highly of

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
cheng1, chen4, cheng4
Korean:
ching

Spanish

  • llamar
  • nombrar
  • alabar
  • apelativo
  • nombre

Portuguese

  • apelação
  • elogio
  • admirar
  • nome
  • título
  • fama

French

  • appellation
  • louanges
  • admirer
  • nom
  • titre
  • renommée
815 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
714 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1187 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3280 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
736 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1586 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1118 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
978 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1011 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1554 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1433 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1491 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
788 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1075 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
914 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
25016P Morohashi
1160 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4139 New Nelson (John Haig)
905 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
971 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1374 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2241 2001 Kanji
5d5.8 The Kanji Dictionary
1-5-5 SKIP code
2899.0 Four corner code
1-30-46 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
79f0 Unicode hex code