桢
zhēn

hardwood

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree

tree

贞
贞 Sound component
zhēn, zhēng virtuous

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

楨 hardwood Traditional

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree

tree

貞
貞 Sound component
virtuous

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangteŋ

說文解字

剛木也。从木貞聲。上郡有楨林縣。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)