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zhēn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zhēn | zhen1
English translation
virtuous, chaste, pure; loyal

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About zhēn

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

zhēn

Contains the radical

bèi

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Etymology of zhēn

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Positional decomposition

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Words with zhēn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
zhēn chaste zhēn
苏贞昌 Sū Zhēn chāng Su Tseng-chang (1947-), Taiwanese DPP politician蘇貞昌
忠贞 zhōng zhēn loyal and dependable忠貞
贞操 zhēn cāo virginity貞操
贞洁 zhēn jié chastity貞潔
女贞 nǚ zhēn privet (genus Ligustrum)女貞
童贞 tóng zhēn virginity童貞
贞德 Zhēn dé also called Jehanne Darc, the Maid or Orleans, Joan of Arc or St Joan貞德
贞节 zhēn jié chastity貞節
坚贞 jiān zhēn firm堅貞
白素贞 Bái Sù zhēn (name of a person) Bai Suzhen, from Madame White Snake白素貞
忠贞不渝 zhōng zhēn bù yú unswerving in one's loyalty (idiom); faithful and constant忠貞不渝
贞烈 zhēn liè ready to die to preserve one's chastity貞烈
坚贞不屈 jiān zhēn bù qū faithful and unchanging (idiom); steadfast堅貞不屈
安贞 Ān zhēn Antei (Japanese reign name, 1227-1229)安貞
贞丰县 Zhēn fēng xiàn Zhenfeng county in Qianxinan Buyei and Miao autonomous prefecture 黔西南州 Qián xī nán zhōu [Qián​xī​nán​zhōu], Guizhou貞豐縣
贞丰 Zhēn fēng Zhenfeng county in Qianxinan Buyei and Miao autonomous prefecture 黔西南州 Qián xī nán zhōu [Qián​xī​nán​zhōu], Guizhou貞豐

zhēn Decomposition & Compounds

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