zhǔn

to allow

Original meaning: 

water-level

Simplified form of . Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "water-level", a tool to check the flatness of surfaces. The meaning later shifted to "accurate", "rule", and "approve".

Components
冫 simplified component

  Simplified component

bīng

  

ice

Shorthand for the (water) component in the traditional character .

隹 simplified component

  Simplified component

zhuī

  

bird

Shorthand for the (sǔn) component in the traditional character .

Evolution

准 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
准 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

zhǔn

to allow; to grant; in accordance with; in the light of

() 

zhǔn

rule, guideline, standard; accurate; standard; definitely; certainly; about to become (bride, son-in-law etc); quasi-; para-

Most common words with 准
Freq.
Word
Meaning

准备

preparation

标准

norm

accurate

批准

to approve

准确

accurate

Statistics

HSK level 3

Appears in 92.3915% of movies

261st most common character in movies

379th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Traditional

Unicode

U+51C6


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