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楨
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桢
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supports

HSK 10
Nature →Plants
zhēn
テイ、チョウ
ねずみもち
Components
木 tree+ 貞 chaste =
楨 supports
木 Meaning component
mù tree
tree
貞 Phonetic component
chaste
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Notes
Similar Characters
乘 hitch a ride休 rest县 district (simp)呆 dim-witted喿 chirping of birds宋 song尌 standing尞 burnt offering巢 nest新 new本 book朱 vermillion杏 apricot析 analyze林 woods枚 small objects果 fruit枼 table某 such and such柰 crab-apple tree
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
Clerical
Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
桢
Regular
Modern
Chinese
桢 / 楨 [zhēn]
evergreen shrub
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (2)
竺可桢 [Zhú​Kě​zhēn] #49,911
Zhu Kezhen (1890-1974), Chinese metereologist and geologist
沈葆桢 [Shěn​Bǎo​zhēn]
Shen Baozhen (1820-1879), Qing Minister of the Navy, founded Fuzhou Naval College 船政學堂|船政学堂[Chuán​zhèng​Xué​táng] in 1866