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black hair

HSK 10
zhěn
シン
おお.い
Phonosemantic compound. 髟 represents the meaning and 真 represents the sound.
Components
kangxi+ true =
black hair
Meaning component
biāo kangxi
hair
hair
Phonetic component
zhēn true
real, actual, true, genuine
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Notes
Historical Evolution
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Regular
Modern
Chinese
[zhěn]
bushy black hair
Example Sentences