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箴

zhēn

Character

What 箴 means

1. to warn
2. to admonish
3. variant of {针|zhēn}

Words starting with 箴

• 箴言zhēn yánadmonition; exhortation; dictum

Words containing 箴

• 官箴guān zhēnrules of propriety for government officials

Characters that look like 箴

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

• 篇piānsheet; piece of writing; bound set of bamboo slips used for record keeping (old)
• 薇wēiOsmunda regalis, a species of fern; Taiwan pr. wéi
• 蔑mièto belittle; nothing
• 罂yīngearthen jar with small mouth
• 箍gūhoop; to bind with hoops
• 篪chíbamboo flute with 7 or 8 holes

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