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貞

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贞

🇨🇳

chaste

HSK 10 N1

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zhēn

テイ、ジョウ

ただし.い、さだ

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Notes

Historical Evolution

Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)

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(~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)

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Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)

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(~1250-1000 BC)

Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

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Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)

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Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)

Bronze Early Warring States (~400 BC)

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Early Warring States (~400 BC)

Bronze Late Warring States (~250 BC)

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Late Warring States (~250 BC)

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Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Bronze Warring States (475-221 BC)

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Warring States (475-221 BC)

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Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

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Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

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Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)

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Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

貞

Regular

Modern

Chinese

贞 / 貞 [zhēn]

chaste

Japanese

貞てい同音

noun

firm adherence to one's principles
chastity (of a woman)

Example Sentences

Japanese Names

貞さだ

Sada female given namesurname

貞さだじ

Sadaji unclassified name

貞さだずみ

Sadazumi unclassified name

貞さだつぐ

Sadatsugu unclassified name

貞さだのり

Sadanori unclassified name

貞さだむ

Sadamu given name

貞さだゆき

Sadayuki unclassified name

貞たかし

Takashi given name

貞ただし

Tadashi given name

貞ただす

Tadasu given name

貞てい

Tei female given namesurname

貞ていこ

Teiko female given name

貞ていじ

Teiji unclassified name

貞みさお

Misao given name

CHINESE WORDS (24)

苏贞昌 [SūZhēnchāng] #19,847

Su Tseng-chang (1947-), Taiwanese DPP politician, premier of the Republic of China (2019-)

忠贞 [zhōngzhēn] #17,584

loyal and dependable

贞操 [zhēncāo] #17,866

(usually of women) chastity

贞洁 [zhēnjié] #14,754

女贞 [nǚzhēn] #21,500

privet (genus Ligustrum)

童贞 [tóngzhēn] #23,119

贞德 [Zhēndé] #20,896

Jeanne d'Arc (1412-1431), French heroine and liberator, executed as a witch by the Burgundians and English

贞节 [zhēnjié] #30,752

坚贞 [jiānzhēn] #55,145

白素贞 [BáiSùzhēn] #38,780

(name of a person) Bai Suzhen, from Madame White Snake

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JAPANESE WORDS (38)

童貞 [どうてい] #10,436

virginity (of a male)

貞操 [ていそう] #22,049

ふて腐れる [ふてくされる] #24,738

to become sulky

不貞 [ふてい] #25,906

貞淑 [ていしゅく] #35,753

貞操観念 [ていそうかんねん] #45,915

sense of virtue

ふて寝 [ふてね] #52,297

貞節 [ていせつ] #62,739

貞操帯 [ていそうたい] #72,580

貞潔 [ていけつ] #83,128

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KOREAN WORDS (3)