Definitions

zǎn dual pronoun: "you and I", "we two"; surname

Etymology

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昝 is primarily a Chinese surname, and occasionally acts as a phonetic loan for dialectal pronouns meaning "I" or "we", similar to 咱. Structurally, it has the semantic radical 日 (sun/time) at the bottom and the phonetic component 咎 at the top. Historically, it sometimes appeared in contexts relating to time, but its main use shifted to being a family name. The combination of a time-related semantic element with a phonetic guide points to an original connection to temporal concepts before it became chiefly a proper noun and a regional substitute.