zhēn

pustules of any kind

Components

Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

flesh

Sound component
zhěn thick hair

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkljɯnʔ
klɯnʔ

說文解字

脣瘍也。从肉㐱聲。

Sources

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