zhēn

hazelnut

Components

Meaning component
tree

tree

Sound component
qín feudal state of Qin

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttsrintsri[n]hazel
Zhengzhangʔsrin
Unicodejrin

說文解字

木也。从木秦聲。一曰菆也。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica