Read Edit View history Discussion 真 zhēn HSK1 real Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Based on the original meaning "precious", now written as 珍. The meaning later shifted to "genuine" and "true". Pinyin Separate values with commas zhēn × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Based on an ancient variant of 殄. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 真 Simp strokes 真 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint In ancient China, shells were considered precious and were used as currency. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 真 Simp strokes 真 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 真 Simp strokes 真 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 真 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 276, 696 ], [ 321, 686 ], [ 386, 687 ], [ 548, 707 ], [ 705, 740 ], [ 770, 738 ] ], [ [ 490, 838 ], [ 527, 799 ], [ 501, 606 ], [ 484, 587 ] ], [ [ 344, 576 ], [ 367, 550 ], [ 378, 505 ], [ 381, 237 ], [ 365, 222 ] ], [ [ 390, 569 ], [ 420, 558 ], [ 438, 559 ], [ 609, 593 ], [ 630, 591 ], [ 649, 575 ], [ 663, 554 ], [ 653, 458 ], [ 646, 263 ], [ 625, 249 ] ], [ [ 406, 455 ], [ 511, 478 ], [ 559, 482 ], [ 580, 477 ] ], [ [ 410, 365 ], [ 419, 373 ], [ 514, 387 ], [ 555, 390 ], [ 576, 385 ] ], [ [ 407, 279 ], [ 440, 291 ], [ 532, 306 ], [ 562, 307 ], [ 584, 300 ] ], 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