zhēn
reach
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical script
Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
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 | ||
to reach day after day for | ||
famine repeats unceasingly (idiom, from Book of Songs) |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
3298th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 16 |
Unicode | U+81FB |
Shuowen | “臻,至也。从至,秦聲。” |
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