箴 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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zhēn

needle

Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and 咸 represents the sound.

Components

⺮ Meaning component

zhú

bamboo

⺮ is a component form of 竹.

咸 Sound component

xián

all

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

zhēn

needle, probe; warn, admonish; to warn; to admonish; variant of 針|针[zhēn]

Most common words with 箴

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	箴言	admonition
	箴	to warn

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*t.[k]əm	tsyim	zhēn	needle

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4285th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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