Chinese Word: 簪 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

簪

Pinyin: zān

English Definition: hairpin

Chinese Definition:
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：簪子。金簪。玉簪。簪缨(做官者显贵之称)。簪绅。
②插，戴：簪戴。簪菊。簪笔(古人朝见，插笔于冠，以备记事)。簪笏(古代笏以记事，簪笔以备写，臣僚奏事执笏簪笔。故亦称做官)。

Total strokes: 18; Radical: 竹

Pictophonetic:朁 indicates the sound; ⺮ (bamboo) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿱ Above to below
- ⺮ [ zhú ] bamboo; flute
- 朁 [ cǎn ] if, supposing, nevertheless

Similar Characters: 嶜

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发簪	fā zān	hairpin
遗簪坠屦	yí zān zhuì jù	old things (idiom)
簪缨世胄	zān yīng shì zhòu	family producing public officials for successive generations (idiom)
簪花妙笔	zān huā miào bǐ	graceful style of handwriting (idiom)
散帻斜簪	sǎn zé xié zān	free and easy in manner (idiom)

1		zhè 这 shì 是 tóu shàng 头上 zān 簪 jú 菊 de 的 biàn 变 sú 俗。 This is on hairpin chrysanthemum changes vulgarly .
2		jiāng 江 zuò 作 qīng 青 luó 罗 dài 带， shān 山 rú 如 bì yù zān 碧玉簪。 Casting in mind are silk ribbon and jade hairpins!
3		nà 那 dào 道 xiá gǔ 峡谷 xiàng 像 bù 不 xiàng 像 yī gēn 一根 cháng cháng de 长长的 bì yù zān 碧玉簪？ Does that gorge look like a long jade hairpin?
4		tā 她 xǐ huan 喜欢 zài 在 tóu shàng 头上 zān 簪 dài 戴 hóng méi guī 红玫瑰， yīn cǐ 因此 jiào 叫 hóng méi guī 红玫瑰。 She liked to wear, in her hair, a rose from the red rose-bush. Her name was Rose-Red.
5		chā 插 zhū yú 茱萸 hé 和 zān 簪 jú huā 菊花 zài 在 táng dài 唐代 jiù 就 yǐ jīng 已经 hěn 很 pǔ biàn 普遍。 Cornel and hairpin chrysanthemum in the Tang Dynasty has been very common.

1		zhè 这 shì 是 tóu shàng 头上 zān 簪 jú 菊 de 的 biàn 变 sú 俗。 This is on hairpin chrysanthemum changes vulgarly .
2		jiāng 江 zuò 作 qīng 青 luó 罗 dài 带， shān 山 rú 如 bì yù zān 碧玉簪。 Casting in mind are silk ribbon and jade hairpins!
3		nà 那 dào 道 xiá gǔ 峡谷 xiàng 像 bù 不 xiàng 像 yī gēn 一根 cháng cháng de 长长的 bì yù zān 碧玉簪？ Does that gorge look like a long jade hairpin?
4		tā 她 xǐ huan 喜欢 zài 在 tóu shàng 头上 zān 簪 dài 戴 hóng méi guī 红玫瑰， yīn cǐ 因此 jiào 叫 hóng méi guī 红玫瑰。 She liked to wear, in her hair, a rose from the red rose-bush. Her name was Rose-Red.
5		chā 插 zhū yú 茱萸 hé 和 zān 簪 jú huā 菊花 zài 在 táng dài 唐代 jiù 就 yǐ jīng 已经 hěn 很 pǔ biàn 普遍。 Cornel and hairpin chrysanthemum in the Tang Dynasty has been very common.