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榛

zhēn

Character

What 榛 means

1. bound formhazelnut tree (Corylus heterophylla)

Words starting with 榛

• 榛仁zhēn rénhazelnut kernel; hazelnut "meat"
• 榛子zhēn zihazelnut
• 榛实zhēn shíhazelnut
• 榛果zhēn guǒfilbert; hazelnut; cobnut
• 榛栗zhēn lìhazelnut
• 榛榛zhēn zhēnovergrown with wild plants
• 榛色zhēn sèfilbert
• 榛莽zhēn mǎng(literary) luxuriant vegetation
• 榛芜zhēn wúwilderness; bushy and weedy; humble
• 榛鸡zhēn jīhazel grouse
• 榛薮zhēn sǒudense wood
• 榛仁儿zhēn rén rerhua variant of 榛仁

Words containing 榛

• 欧榛ōu zhēncommon hazel (tree) (Corylus avellana)
• 斑尾榛鸡bān wěi zhēn jī(bird species of China) Chinese grouse (Tetrastes sewerzowi)
• 花尾榛鸡huā wěi zhēn jī(bird species of China) hazel grouse (Tetrastes bonasia)
• 荆榛满目jīng zhēn mǎn mùthorns and brambles as far as eye can see (idiom); beset by troubles

Characters built on 秦

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

• 臻zhēnto arrive; to reach (esp. perfection); utmost
• 溱zhēnname of a river
• 蓁zhēnabundant, luxuriant vegetation

Characters that look like 榛

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

• 缝féngto sew; to stitch
• 槟bīnused in 槟子
• 瘘lòufistula; ulceration
• 椿chūnChinese toon (Toona sinensis); tree of heaven (Ailanthus altissima)…
• 裱biǎoto hang (paper); to mount (painting)
• 辕yuánshaft of a cart or carriage; (bound form) entrance gate of a military camp or yamen…

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
• 桢(old) privet (genus Ligustrum); (bound form; old) wooden support placed at the ends of a…
• 甄to distinguish; to evaluate
• 砧anvil
• 祯auspicious; lucky