zhēn

to receive blessings in a sincere spirit

Components

Meaning component
shì show

spirit

Sound component
zhēn real

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangtjin

說文解字

《說文》:“禛,以真受福也。从示,真聲。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica