zǎn

to collect

to hoard; to accumulate; to save

hand (扌) + sound cue (赞) = gather and save up

The hand radical anchors the physical act of gathering things together. 赞 contributes the sound zǎn and lends no semantic weight here.

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HandSemantic
PraisePhonetic

她每个月都会一些钱。

tā měi gè yuè dōu huì zǎn yī xiē qián。

She saves some money every month.

了好几年才买到自己的房子。

tā zǎn le hǎo jǐ nián cái mǎi dào zì jǐ de fáng zi。

He saved up for several years before he could buy his own home.

Words with 攒

拼攒

pīn cuán

to assemble

攒集

cuán jí

to gather

攒劲

zǎn jìn

(dialect) to muster strength; to exert oneself; to strive

攒簇

cuán cù

to gather closely together

攒聚

cuán jù

to gather

攒钱

zǎn qián

to save up money

众星攒月

zhòng xīng cuán yuè

see 眾星捧月|众星捧月[zhong4 xing1 peng3 yue4]

积攒

jī zǎn

to save bit by bit

万头攒动

wàn tóu cuán dòng

(idiom) bustling with many people

More characters with 扌