zhēn HSK7

spy

Components

Meaning component
rén person

person

Sound component
zhēn, zhēng virtuous

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

zhēn spy Traditional

Components

Meaning component
rén person

person

Sound component
virtuous

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangrtaːŋs
tʰeŋ
tʰeŋs

說文解字

問也。从人貞聲。

Sources

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