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cross board at

HSK 10
zhěn
シン
よこぎ
Components
Traditional (軫)
car+ thick hair =
cross board at
Meaning component
car
cart
Phonetic component
zhěn thick hair
(same as 鬒) bushy, black hair
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Simplified (轸)
cart+ thick hair =
cross board at rear of carriage
Meaning component
chē cart
cart, vehicle
cart
Phonetic component
zhěn thick hair
(same as 鬒) bushy, black hair
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Notes
Historical Evolution
Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
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 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)
Regular
Modern
Chinese
/ [zhěn]
square; strongly (as of emotion)
Japanese
しん 同音
noun astronomy Chinese "Chariot" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
しん
Shin given name