zhěn

thick hair

Variant of . Depicts a person () with thick hair ().

Components
人 iconic component

  Iconic component

rén

  

person

彡 iconic component

  Iconic component

shān

  

hair

hair

Evolution

㐱 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
㐱 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
㐱 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
㐱 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
㐱 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

zhěn

(same as ) bushy, black hair

Component uses

Sound component in 10 characters (2 verified)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*t[ə][n]ʔ

tsyinX

zhěn

thick hair


Miscellaneous

Strokes

5

Unicode

U+3431

Shuowen

“,禂髮也。从彡,从人。《詩》曰:‘髮如雲。’鬒,或从髟,眞聲。”


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