Learn to Write Chinese Characters with Video Tutorials
Watch the video of writing the Chinese character "簪", learn the correct stroke order (笔顺) of the character "簪", and master the standard way of writing the character "簪".
Free Printable Handwriting Practice with Stroke Order: 簪
Printable Writing Practice Worksheet of "簪" in Portrait Orientation (Tian Zi Ge)
簪 (zān)
1. 用来绾住头发的一种首饰,古代亦用以把帽子别在头发上。
- A type of ornament used to tie up hair; in ancient times, it was also used to secure hats to hair.
2. 插,戴。
- To insert or wear.
3. 用来绾住头发的一种首饰,古代亦用以把帽子别在头发上:~子。金~。玉~。~缨(做官者显贵之称)。~绅。
- A type of ornament used to tie up hair; in ancient times, it was also used to secure hats to hair: hairpin, gold hairpin, jade hairpin, hairpin tassel (a term for the nobility).
4. 插,戴:~戴。~菊。~笔(古人朝见,插笔于冠,以备记事)。~笏(古代笏以记事,簪笔以备写,臣僚奏事执笏簪笔。故亦称做官)。
- To insert or wear: wear in one’s hair, wear chrysanthemums, hairpin for writing (used by ancient officials when meeting the emperor), hairpin for ceremonial tablet.
5. 【本义】:簪子。古人用来插定发髻或连冠于发的一种长针。
- Original meaning: Hairpin; a long needle used by ancient people to secure hair buns or attach headwear.
6. 【造字法】:形声。从竹,賛( zǎn)声。古文字形,象针形头饰形。
- Character formation: a phono-semantic compound, with bamboo as the radical and a phonetic component resembling the sound of "zān". The ancient character shape symbolizes the appearance of a hairpin.
7. 列子中的应用:
- 1. "周主亡玉簪,令吏求之,三日不能得也。" (The ruler of Zhou lost a jade hairpin and ordered his officials to search for it; three days passed without success.)
- 2. "白头搔更短,浑欲不胜簪。" (With graying hair being scratched shorter, I seemed unable to hold even a hairpin.)
8. 例子:
- 键词: 簪冕、簪绂、簪裾、簪缨缙绅 (Examples include: hairpin crown, hairpin ribbon, hairpin hem, metaphor for officials).
9. 动词用法:
- 1. 插戴在头上 ([En.] wear in one’s hair)
- 2. 连缀 ([En.] stitch meet)
10. 应用句子:
- 1. "西门豹簪笔磬折,向河立待良久。" (Simen Bao, adjusting his writing brush, stood by the river for a long time.)
- 2. "乃簪一花。" (Then he inserted a flower.)
11. 例子:
- 例句: 簪朵、簪挂、簪星曳月、簪冠、簪花、簪菊 (Examples include: to wear a flower as a hairpin, to hang flowers, to wear radiant flowers and stars, to insert into a crown, to wear flowers, historically, wearing chrysanthemums during the Double Ninth Festival for protection).
12. 【引】的补充:
- "以爵弁服簪裳于衣左。" (With the rank garments and accessories fastened on the left side of the robe).
13. 生活的描述:
- "以蒿作簪,以草为席。" (Using mugwort as hairpins and grass as mats; describes a life of hardship).
14. 备注:
- *Also referenced in traditional dictionaries.