Zhēn

river in Guangdong province

Components

Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

water

Sound component
virtuous

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangrdeːŋ
teŋ

說文解字

水。出南海龍川,西入溱。从水貞聲。

Sources

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

zhēn, chēng river in Guangdong province Simplified

Components

Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

water

Sound component
zhēn, zhēng virtuous

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode