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祯

zhēn

Character Traditional 禎

What 祯 means

1. auspicious
2. lucky

Example sentences

• 今祯子当时能做的就是折纸鹤并期盼奇迹。
  Jīn zhēn zǐ dāngshí néng zuò de jiùshì zhézhǐ hè bìng qīpàn qíjì.
  All Sadako could do now was to make paper cranes and hope for a miracle.
• 在十月的某一天，祯子醒来后发现了正在哭泣的母亲。
  Zài Shíyuè de mǒu yī tiān, zhēn zǐ xǐnglái hòu fāxiàn le zhèngzài kūqì de mǔqīn.
  One day in October, when Sadako awoke, she found her mother crying.

Words containing 祯

• 崇祯Chóng zhēnChongzhen, reign name of last Ming emperor (1628-1644)
• 徐祯卿Xú Zhēn qīngXu Zhenqing (1479-1511), Ming writer, one of Four great southern talents of the Ming…

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
• 桢zhēn(old) privet (genus Ligustrum); (bound form; old) wooden support placed at the ends of a…
• 浈Zhēnriver in Guangdong province

Characters that look like 祯

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

• 顾gùto look after; to take into consideration; to attend to
• 桶tǒngbucket; (trash) can; barrel (of oil etc)
• 桂guìcassia; laurel
• 梳shūto comb; (bound form) a comb
• 梢shāotip of branch
• 桢zhēn(old) privet (genus Ligustrum); (bound form; old) wooden support placed at the ends of a…

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…
• 甄to distinguish; to evaluate
• 砧anvil