zhēn

reach

Components
至 meaning component

  Meaning component

zhì

  

reach

reach

秦 sound component

  Sound component

qín

  

feudal state of Qin

Evolution

臻 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
臻 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
臻 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
臻 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
臻 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

zhēn

reach, arrive; utmost, superior; to arrive; to reach (esp. perfection); utmost; (used in commercials)

Most common words with 臻
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to arrive

日臻

to reach day after day for

饥馑荐臻

famine repeats unceasingly (idiom, from Book of Songs)