Kanji N3

賛: approve, praise, title or inscription on picture

賛 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning approve, praise, title or inscription on picture, written with 15 strokes. It is read サン (on) and たすける, たたえる (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 5. You will see it in 賛成 (さんせい, approval) and 賛美 (さんび, praise).

賛

Meanings

  • approve
  • praise
  • title or inscription on picture
  • assist
  • agree with
Strokes15
JLPT levelN3
School gradeGrade 5
Frequency#868 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • サン

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • たすける
  • たたえる

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

Watch the stroke order

Every stroke in order, the live one in vermilion. Replay as often as you like.

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Now draw it

Trace each stroke in order. Wrong direction or wrong order gets flagged right away.

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Your turn: draw stroke 1 of 15. Start at the dot.

Common words with 賛

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 賛成さんせい

    approval; agreement; support; favour; favor

    JLPT N3
  • 賛美さんび

    praise; glorification; extolment

    JLPT N1
  • 賛否さんぴ

    yes and no; for and against

  • 協賛きょうさん

    support; mutual aid; cooperation; approval

  • 賛同さんどう

    approval; endorsement

  • 賛意さんい

    approval; assent

  • 賛歌さんか

    song of praise; eulogy; paean; hymn

  • 賛辞さんじ

    eulogy; compliment

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0; the Spanish meanings they lack, translated by Naraio from their English, are shared under the same licence. Example sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY. Sentences split into words with IPADIC © NAIST and IPA, through Lindera.