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CHINESE CHARACTER

zǎn

攒

攒

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to bring together

Numbered pinyin
zan3
English meanings
to bring together, to collect, to hoard, to accumulate, to save

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BUILDING BLOCKS

Structure & components

Left–right structure

Left–right arrangement: left 扌; right 赞.

  • Left

    扌
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  • Right

    赞
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    • Top

      兟
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    • Bottom

      贝
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Meaning & sound clues

扌 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “hand”.

赞 is identified as the sound component (zàn). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 攒.

This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.

Decomposition reference

⿰扌赞

Source: Make Me a Hanzi (LGPL-3.0-or-later)
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Homophones

Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.

Example sentences

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  1. 01

    zǎn攒qián钱。

    Save money.

  2. 02

    jī积zǎn攒lìliang力量。

    Accumulate strength.

  3. 03

    rì日jī积yuè月lèi累。

    Accumulate daily.

  4. 04

    qín勤jiǎn俭chí持jiā家。

    Thrifty.

  5. 05

    liàng量rù入wèi为chū出。

    Live within means.

  6. 06

    jù聚shā沙chéng成tǎ塔。

    Many a little makes a mickle.

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