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 <WL>赞 [zàn] (F贊) 赞成 approve; endorse; assist; (F讚) 称赞 praise, eulogize
-From 先 (xiān) ‘first’ (doubled) and 贝(貝 bèi) ‘money’.
+The Shuōwén Seal form of 赞/贊(􁄞) zàn ‘pay a visit (offering gifts/tribute) to a superior; have an audience with’ combines 贝/貝(􁄑) bèi ‘cowrie/money’, and 兟(􁝧) shēn ‘introduce’ (phonosemantic).
-	“先 doubled: two persons coming forward with 貝 money” —Karlgren(1923).
+	Note: 贊(􁄞) zàn ‘have an audience with’ (进见) was probably formerly wr. 兟, in which 先(􁝦) xiān ‘advance’ (phonosemantic).
-	A variant form 讚 with 言 added is sometimes used for the meanings ‘praise’ and ‘eulogy’.
+	“[贊] 先 doubled [兟]: two persons coming forward with 貝 money” —Karlgren(1923).
+	Note: 讚 (also wr. 讃, with 賛) is a rel. late form specifying certain ‘praise; help’ meanings of the character 贊 (which formerly had a wider range of meanings).
+	Compare: 钻/鑽(􂞣) zuān/zuàn ‘to drill/drill’; 𪴙/欑(􁁌) cuán ‘composite/laminated bamboo walking stick’.
+	Compare: 饡(􀷾) zàn ‘rice with meat stew’.
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+#c兟贝先
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