㐱 - Dong Chinese dictionary

zhěn

thick hair

Variant of 鬒. Depicts a person (人) with thick hair (彡).

Components

人 Iconic component

rén

person

彡 Iconic component

shān

hair

Evolution

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

zhěn

(same as 鬒) bushy, black hair

Component uses

Sound component in 10 characters (2 verified)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*t[ə][n]ʔ	tsyinX	zhěn	thick hair

Miscellaneous

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