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桢

zhēn

Character Traditional 楨

What 桢 means

1. oldprivet (genus Ligustrum)
2. bound formoldwooden support placed at the ends of a wall during construction; (fig.) mainstay; pillar; backbone

Words containing 桢

• 沈葆桢Shěn Bǎo zhēnShen Baozhen (1820-1879), Qing Minister of the Navy, founded Fuzhou Naval College 船政学堂
• 竺可桢Zhú Kě zhēnZhu Kezhen (1890-1974), Chinese metereologist and geologist

Characters built on 贞

These share the phonetic component 贞 (zhēn), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 侦zhēnto scout; to spy; to detect
• 帧zhēnframe; classifier for paintings etc; Taiwan pr. zhèng
• 祯zhēnauspicious; lucky
• 浈Zhēnriver in Guangdong province

Characters that look like 桢

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 核hépit; stone; nucleus
• 损sǔn(bound form) to decrease; to diminish; (bound form) to harm; to damage…
• 桂guìcassia; laurel
• 帧zhēnframe; classifier for paintings etc; Taiwan pr. zhèng
• 梢shāotip of branch
• 祯zhēnauspicious; lucky

Sounds the same

Read zhēn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 真really; truly; indeed
• 针needle; pin; injection
• 珍precious thing; treasure; culinary delicacy
• 侦to scout; to spy; to detect
• 斟to pour; to deliberate
• 贞chaste
• 臻to arrive; to reach (esp. perfection); utmost
• 帧frame; classifier for paintings etc; Taiwan pr. zhèng
• 榛(bound form) hazelnut tree (Corylus heterophylla)
• 甄to distinguish; to evaluate
• 砧anvil
• 祯auspicious; lucky