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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 character 赞/贊(􁄞) zàn ‘praise’ combines 兟(􁝧) shēn ‘introduce’ (phonosemantic),  and 贝/貝(􁄑) bèi ‘cowry-shell money’.
+	Note: Formerly 贊(􁄞) zàn ‘have an audience with’ was probably formerly wr. 兟, in which 先(􁝦) xiān ‘advance’ (phonosemantic)
 	“先 doubled: two persons coming forward with 貝 money” —Karlgren(1923).
-	A variant form 讚 with 言 added is sometimes used for the meanings ‘praise’ and ‘eulogy’.
+	Note: 讚 (also wr. 讃, with 賛) is a variant form specifying certain ‘praise; help’ meanings of 贊 (which formerly had a wider range of meanings).
 #rK.AD1027 D.6.3658.1 B.392.0.05
-#c先兟贝
+#c兟贝先
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