zhēn

precious

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
玉 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

jade

jade

㐱 sound component

  Sound component

zhěn

  

thick hair

Evolution

珍 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
珍 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
珍 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

zhēn

precious, valuable, rare; precious thing; treasure; culinary delicacy; rare; valuable; to value highly

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zhēn

variant of [zhēn]

Most common words with 珍
Freq.
Word
Meaning

珍惜

to treasure

珍贵

precious

treasure

珍珠

pearl

珍藏

collection