zhèntiàn

a gem used as ear plug

Components
王 meaning component

  Meaning component

wángwàng

  

king

jade

真 sound component

  Sound component

zhēn

  

real

Evolution

瑱 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
瑱 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

zhèn

a gem used as ear plug; a jade earring; jade weight

 

tiàn

jade ear-plug

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Miscellaneous

Strokes

14

Unicode

U+7471

Shuowen

“瑱,以玉充耳也。从玉,真聲。《詩》曰:‘玉之瑱兮。’,瑱或从耳。”


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