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愼
shèn

act with care

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents

Variant form of 慎. Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 眞 represents the sound.

Components

忄
忄 Meaning component
xin, xīn heart
眞
眞 Sound component
zhēn real

說文解字

謹也。从心眞聲。

Sources

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Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)
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