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甄

zhēn

Character

What 甄 means

1. to distinguish
2. to evaluate

Other readings

甄 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Zhēnsurname Zhen

Words starting with 甄

• 甄别zhēn biéto screen; to discriminate; to reexamine a case
• 甄审zhēn shěnto screen and select (candidates etc)
• 甄拔zhēn báto select
• 甄汰zhēn tàito eliminate by examination
• 甄用zhēn yòngto employ by examination
• 甄综zhēn zōngto comprehensively appraise and select
• 甄训zhēn xùn(Taiwan) to identify (talented individuals) and give them training
• 甄试zhēn shìselection test; admission exam
• 甄选zhēn xuǎnto select; to pick
• 甄录zhēn lùto employ by an examination
• 甄陶zhēn táoto make sth of clay; to appraise people of talent
• 甄别考试zhēn bié kǎo shìto screen; to grade by examination; screening
• 甄藻zhēn zǎoto discern talent

Words containing 甄

• 推甄tuī zhēnto recommend a student for admission to a higher-level school…
• 陶甄táo zhēnto mold and educate people

Characters that look like 甄

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

• 靴xuēboots
• 颊jiácheeks
• 毂gūused in 毂辘
• 踉liángused in 跳踉
• 瓿bùa kind of vase (old); see 安瓿
• 骶dǐ(bound form) sacrum

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