zhēn

lucky

Components
礻 meaning component

  Meaning component

shì

  

show

spirit

贞 sound component

  Sound component

zhēn

  

virtuous

Evolution

祯 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
祯 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
祯 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
祯 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

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zhēn

lucky, auspicious, good omen; auspicious; lucky

Most common words with 祯
Freq.
Word
Meaning

lucky

崇祯

Chongzhen, reign name of last Ming emperor (1628-1644)

徐祯卿

Xu Zhenqing (1479-1511), Ming writer, one of Four great southern talents of the Ming 江南四大才子

沈葆祯

Shen Baozhen (1820-1879), Qing Minister of the Navy, founded Fuzhou Naval College 船政學堂|船政学堂[Chuán​zhèng​Xué​táng] in 1866