zhēn

abundant

Components

Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

grass

Sound component
qín feudal state of Qin

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttsrin[ts]ri[n]luxuriant
Zhengzhangʔsrin

說文解字

艸盛皃。从艸秦聲。

Sources

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