讃
praise, title on a picture
Readings
On'yomi
- サン
Kun'yomi
- ほ.める
- たた.える
Nanori
- さぬ
Meaning
讃 centers on expressing approval or admiration: praising someone or something, and by extension, an inscription of praise such as a title on a picture.
Most common words using 讃
- 讃岐さぬき
Sanuki (former province located in present-day Kagawa Prefecture)
- 和讃わさん
hymns of praise in Japanese
- 土讃本線どさんほんせん
Dosan Main Line (Kochi-Kagawa Railway)
- 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)
- 画讃がさん
legend over a picture; inscription (legend, writing) on a painting
- 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)
- 讃岐うどんさぬきうどん
Sanuki udon; thick udon from Kagawa prefecture
- 讃岐岩さぬきがん
sanukite
- 讃岐弁さぬきべん
Kagawa dialect
- 讃岐式アクセントさぬきしきアクセント
Sanuki accent, used in northern Shikoku
- 讃談さんだん
praising Buddha; sermon
- 讃賞さんしょう
praise
- 魂讃め星たまほめぼし
Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
Study
Etymology
讃 is the modern simplified form of 讚. The older form combines 言 (speech) with 贊, which likely contributed both sound and the idea of assisting or praising. The modern right side 賛 is a simplified version of 贊.
Meaning mnemonic
The left side 言 (speech) and the right side 賛 (which itself suggests approval or help) combine to show words of praise. Picture someone speaking words of praise while presenting a picture with a title.
Reading mnemonic
For サン, imagine praising the sun: sun -> サン, and your words of praise rise like the sun.