Zhēn

river in Guangdong province

Components

Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

water

Sound component
zhēn, zhēng virtuous

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

river in Guangdong province Traditional

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