讃
praise; title on a picture
22 strokes. Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names. Newspaper frequency rank 2179.
Readings
- サン (on reading): 和讃 (わさん) hymns of praise in Japanese; 讃賞 (さんしょう) praise
- ほめる (kun reading): 魂讃め星 (たまほめぼし) Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
- たたえる (kun reading)
Components
- 言
- 賛
- ハ radical eight, katakana ha
- 二 radical two
- 亠 radical lid
- 人 radical person
- 大 radical big
- 目 radical eye
- 言 radical speech
- 貝 radical shell; money
Words using 讃
- 和讃 (わさん) hymns of praise in Japanese
- 讃賞 (さんしょう) praise
- 礼讃舞 (らいさんまい) dance recital praising Buddha, which accompanies the recital of a gatha (in the Pure Land Sect of Buddhism)
- 来迎和讃 (らいごうわさん) Japanese hymn praising the coming of the Buddha (thought to be written by Minamoto No Makoto)
- 讃談 (さんだん) praising Buddha
- 魂讃め星 (たまほめぼし) Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
- 讃岐 (さぬき) Sanuki (former province located in present-day Kagawa Prefecture)
- 讃岐うどん (さぬきうどん) Sanuki udon
- 讃岐弁 (さぬきべん) Kagawa dialect
- 讃岐岩 (さぬきがん) sanukite
- 讃岐式アクセント (さぬきしきアクセント) Sanuki accent, used in northern Shikoku
12 words in all.