鬒 - Dong Chinese dictionary

zhěn

black hair

Phonosemantic compound. 髟 represents the meaning and 真 represents the sound.

Components

髟 Meaning component

biāo

long hair

hair

真 Sound component

zhēn

real

Evolution

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

zhěn

black, glossy hair; bushy black hair

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*ti[n]ʔ	tsyinX	zhěn	black hair

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Miscellaneous

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