Chinese Character Wiki

貞

zhēn

virtuous

Evolution

貞 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
貞 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
貞 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
貞 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

贞 (貞) 

zhēn

virtuous, chaste, pure; loyal; chaste

Most common words with 貞
Freq.
Word
Meaning

贞

chaste

苏贞昌

Su Tseng-chang (1947-), Taiwanese DPP politician

忠贞

loyal and dependable

贞操

virginity

贞洁

chastity

Component uses

Sound component in 5 characters (0 verified)

偵 幀 楨 禎 湞

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*treŋ

trjeng

zhēn

straight; correct

*treŋ

trjeng

zhēn

divine (v.)


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 3.5560% of movies

2233rd most common character in movies

2366th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Simplified

贞

Unicode

U+8C9E

Shuowen

“貞，卜問也。从卜，貝以為贄。一曰鼎省聲，京房所說。”


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