攢

See also: 攅 and 攒

攢	U+6522, 攢 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6522

← 攡
[U+6521]

CJK Unified Ideographs

攣 →
[U+6523]

Translingual

Traditional	攢
Shinjitai (extended)	攅
Simplified	攒

Han character

攢 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+19, 22 strokes, cangjie input 手竹山金 (QHUC), four-corner 5408₆, composition ⿰扌贊)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 464, character 16
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13030
Dae Jaweon: page 813, character 13
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1990, character 6
Unihan data for U+6522

Chinese

trad.		攢
simp.		攒
alternative forms		攅欑／𪴙 “to gather”

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (贊) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
贊	*ʔsaːns
趲	ʔsaːns, zaːnʔ
讚	*ʔsaːns
酇	ʔsaːns, zoːn
饡	*ʔsaːns
濽	*ʔsaːns
襸	*ʔsaːns
攢	ʔsaːns, ʔsoːnʔ
瓚	*zaːnʔ
禶	zaːnʔ, zoːn
穳	zaːns, zoːn
囋	zaːns, zaːd
鑽	ʔsoːn, ʔsoːns
劗	ʔsoːn, zoːn
纘	*ʔsoːnʔ
儧	*ʔsoːnʔ
鄼	*ʔsoːnʔ
欑	ʔsoːnʔ, zoːn
籫	*ʔsoːnʔ
巑	*zoːn
攅	*zoːns

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zǎn (zan³)

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zaan²
Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): zang³
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵tse

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zǎn
  - Wade–Giles: tsan³
  - Yale: dzǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzaan
  - Palladius: цзань (czanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sän²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: zaan²
  - Yale: jáan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzaan²
  - Guangdong Romanization: zan²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saːn³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: zang³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsàng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saŋ²¹³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵tse
  - MiniDict: tse^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tse
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡se³⁴/

Definitions

攢

to bend
to save

Synonyms

(to save):

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沉積 / 沉积 (chénjī) (figurative)
疊 / 叠 (dié)
積累 / 积累 (jīlěi)
積聚 / 积聚 (jījù)
累加 (lěijiā)
累積 / 累积 (lěijī)

Compounds

攢勁 / 攒劲 (zǎnjìn)
積攢 / 积攒 (jīzǎn)

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cuán (cuan²)

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cyun⁴ / zyun⁶ / zaan⁶
Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): zuêng³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cuán
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cuán
  - Wade–Giles: tsʻuan²
  - Yale: tswán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tswan
  - Palladius: цуань (cuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu̯än³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: cyun⁴ / zyun⁶ / zaan⁶
  - Yale: chyùhn / jyuhn / jaahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsyn⁴ / dzyn⁶ / dzaan⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: qun⁴ / jun⁶ / zan⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰyːn²¹/, /t͡syːn²²/, /t͡saːn²²/
Southern Min
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: zuêng³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsuèng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sueŋ²¹³/

Middle Chinese: dzwanH

Rime
Character	攢
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	桓 (62)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	在玩切
Baxter	dzwanH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡zuɑn^H/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡zʷɑn^H/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡zuɑn^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡zwan^H/
Li Rong	/d͡zuɑn^H/
Wang Li	/d͡zuɑn^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/d͡zʱuɑn^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zuàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zyun⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ʔsoːnʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	攢
Reading #	2/2
No.	16530
Phonetic component	贊
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	纂
Old Chinese	/*ʔsoːnʔ/

Definitions

攢

to piece together; to knock together; to string together; to make up; to cobble together
to gather; to assemble; to collect

Synonyms

(to pierce together):

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拼合 (pīnhé)
拼圖 / 拼图 (pīntú)
拼成 (pīnchéng)
拼接 (pīnjiē)
拼湊 / 拼凑 (pīncòu)
湊合 / 凑合 (colloquial)

(to gather):

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允集 (yǔnjí) (literary)
匯 / 汇 (huì)
匯總 / 汇总 (huìzǒng)
匯聚 / 汇聚 (huìjù)
匯集 / 汇集 (huìjí)
叢集 / 丛集 (cóngjí)
團聚 / 团聚 (tuánjù)
坌集 (bènjí) (literary)
委會 / 委会 (wěihuì) (literary)
密集 (mìjí)
彙集 / 汇集 (huìjí)
徵集 / 征集 (zhēngjí)
採 / 采 (cǎi)
採擷 / 采撷 (literary)
採集 / 采集 (cǎijí)
搜羅 / 搜罗 (sōuluó)
搜集 (sōují)
摟 / 搂 (lōu)
攏 / 拢 (lǒng)
攢聚 / 攒聚 (cuánjù)
攢集 / 攒集 (cuánjí)
收羅 / 收罗 (shōuluó)
收錄 / 收录 (shōulù)
收集 (shōují)
會合 / 会合 (huìhé)
會聚 / 会聚 (huìjù)
會集 / 会集 (huìjí)
湊 / 凑 (còu)
湊集 / 凑集 (còují)
相聚 (xiāngjù)
籌集 / 筹集 (chóují)
糾合 / 纠合 (jiūhé) (literary)
糾集 / 纠集 (jiūjí) (derogatory)
群集 (qúnjí)
聚 (jù)
聚合 (jùhé)
聚攏 / 聚拢 (jùlǒng)
聚斂 / 聚敛 (jùliǎn)
聚會 / 聚会 (jùhuì)
聚集 (jùjí)
聚首 (jùshǒu) (formal, usually of leaders, important figures)
蒐集 (sōují)
薈萃 / 荟萃 (huìcuì) (literary)
蝟集 / 猬集 (wèijí) (literary)
調集 / 调集 (diàojí)
集 (jí) (literary, or in compounds)
集中 (jízhōng)
集合 (jíhé)
集會 / 集会 (jíhuì)
集結 / 集结 (jíjié)
麇集 (qúnjí) (literary)

Compounds

Pronunciation 3

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zàn (zan⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄢˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zàn
  - Wade–Giles: tsan⁴
  - Yale: dzàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzann
  - Palladius: цзань (czanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sän⁵¹/

Middle Chinese: tsanH

Rime
Character	攢
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	寒 (61)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	則旰切
Baxter	tsanH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sɑn^H/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sɑn^H/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sɑn^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡san^H/
Li Rong	/t͡sɑn^H/
Wang Li	/t͡sɑn^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡sɑn^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zaan³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ʔsaːns/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	攢
Reading #	1/2
No.	16521
Phonetic component	贊
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	賛
Old Chinese	/*ʔsaːns/

Definitions

攢

to loosen

Pronunciation 4

For pronunciation and definitions of 攢 – see 鑽 (“to drill; to bore; to study intensively; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 鑽).

Japanese

Kanji

攢

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 攅)

save
hoard

Readings

Go-on: さん (san)、ざん (zan)
Kan-on: さん (san)
Kun: あつめる (atsumeru, 攢める)、あつまる (atsumaru, 攢まる)

Korean

Hanja

攢 (eum 찬 (chan))

save
hoard

Vietnamese

Han character

攢: Hán Nôm readings: quần, toản, toàn

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