zhēn
virtuous
Evolution

Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze script
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 貞
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
chaste | ||
Su Tseng-chang (1947-), Taiwanese DPP politician | ||
loyal and dependable | ||
virginity | ||
chastity |
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 | |
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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