How to write 赡

赡 shàn Definition: 1. 供给人财物。 (To provide for a person with goods or financial support.) 2. 富足，足够。 (Abundant, sufficient.) Detailed meanings: 1. 供给人财物： 供养（特指子女对父母在物质上和生活上进行资助）。 (To provide for a person with goods: particularly refers to children supporting their parents materially and in daily life.) 2. 富足，足够： 宏赡（abundant and rich）。 力不赡（one's strength is insufficient; cannot provide enough support). Basic meaning: 供给 (Provide) Character formation: 形声。从贝，詹( zhān)声。 (Phono-semantic compound: composed of the 'shell' radical, and the phonetic component 'zhān'.) Synonyms: 1. 同本义 ([En.] support; provide for) 2. 周济;帮助 ([En.] relieve; succour) 3. 充满 ([En.] prevail; be brimming with) Examples: - 《晋书·羊祜传》：皆以赡给九族，赏赐军士。 (From "The Book of Jin": All provided support to the nine clans and rewarded the soldiers.) Usage: - 赡家 (support a family) - 赡育 (provide for and raise) - 赡身 (support oneself) - 赡用 (provide for expenses) - 赡老 (support the elderly) Additional meanings: 2. 周济;帮助 ([En.] relieve; succour) - 清·黄钧宰《金壶浪墨》：缉盗贼，赡穷困。 (From "The Golden Pot": Catch thieves, and relieve the poor.) 3. 充满 ([En.] prevail; be brimming with) - 《盐铁论·本议》：故川源不能实漏卮，山海不能赡溪壑。 (From "Discussions on Salt and Iron": Therefore, rivers and sources cannot fulfill the vessels; mountains and seas cannot fill the valleys.) As an adjective: 足;充足;足够;才情丰富;满足 ([En.] sufficient; adequate; abundant) - 《孟子·梁惠王上》：此惟救死而不赡，奚暇治礼义哉! (From "Mencius": This only saves the dying and does not provide enough; how can there be time for providing for propriety and righteousness?) Usage examples: - 赡足 (sufficient) - 赡学 (well-learned) - 赡闻 (well-informed) - 赡智 (resourceful) - 赡墨 (rich in content) - 赡畅 (rich in poetic content) - 赡蔚 (beautiful language) - 赡裕 (rich, ample) - 赡富 (abundant)