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臻

zhēn

Character

What 臻 means

1. to arrive
2. to reach (esp. perfection)
3. utmost
4. (used in commercials)

Words starting with 臻

• 臻至zhēn zhìto reach
• 臻化境zhēn huà jìngto reach the pinnacle (of artistic skill)
• 臻于完善zhēn yú wán shànto attain perfection (idiom)
• 臻于郅治zhēn yú zhì zhìto attain a state of perfect governance (idiom)

Words containing 臻

• 并臻bìng zhēnto arrive simultaneously
• 日臻rì zhēnto reach day after day for
• 饥馑荐臻jī jǐn jiàn zhēnfamine repeats unceasingly (idiom, from Book of Songs)

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.

• 榛zhēn(bound form) hazelnut tree (Corylus heterophylla)
• 溱zhēnname of a river
• 蓁zhēnabundant, luxuriant vegetation

Characters that look like 臻

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

• 稿gǎomanuscript; draft; stalk of grain
• 踏tàto tread; to stamp; to step on
• 滕Téngvassal state of Zhou in Shandong; surname Teng
• 鞠jūto incline (one's torso); to bow; leather ball used in ancient times…
• 踞jùto be based upon; to squat
• 辘lùused in 辘辘; used in 轱辘; used in 辘轳

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
• 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
• 祯auspicious; lucky