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缜

zhěn

Character Traditional 縝

What 缜 means

1. fine and dense

Words starting with 缜

• 缜密zhěn mìmeticulous; careful; deliberate
• 缜匝zhěn zādense; fine (texture)
• 缜润zhěn rùnfine and smooth

Words containing 缜

• 范缜Fàn ZhěnFan Zhen (c. 450-c. 510), philosopher from Qi and Liang of the Southern dynasties, as…

Characters built on 真

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

• 镇zhènto press down; to calm; to subdue
• 慎shèncareful; cautious
• 嗔chēnto be angry at; to be displeased and annoyed
• 瞋chēn(literary) to stare angrily; to glare
• 稹zhěnto accumulate; fine and close
• 禛zhēnto receive blessings in a sincere spirit

Characters that look like 缜

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

• 瑞ruìlucky; auspicious; propitious
• 搞gǎoto do; to make; to go in for
• 旗qíflag; variant of 旗
• 媳xídaughter-in-law
• 辕yuánshaft of a cart or carriage; (bound form) entrance gate of a military camp or yamen…
• 缟gǎoplain white silk

Sounds the same

Read zhěn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 诊to examine or treat medically
• 枕(bound form) pillow; to rest one's head on (Taiwan pr. zhèn)
• 疹measles; rash
• 眕to restrain anger
• 稹to accumulate; fine and close
• 轸square; strongly (as of emotion)
• 紾crooked; obstinate; twist a cord
• 畛border; boundary; field-path
• 袗unlined garment
• 弫(of a bow) impactful; powerful
• 昣(literary) bright
• 鬒bushy black hair