懂中文 Dong Chinese

箴

zhēn

needle

Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and 咸 represents the sound.

Components
⺮ meaning component

⺮  Meaning component

zhú

  

bamboo

⺮ is a component form of 竹.

咸 sound component

咸  Sound component

xián

  

all

Evolution

箴 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

箴  

zhēn

needle, probe; warn, admonish; to warn; to admonish; variant of 針|针[zhēn]

Most common words with 箴
Freq.
Word
Meaning

箴言

admonition

箴

to warn