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zhēn HSK1

real

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Original meaning: precious

Based on the original meaning "precious", now written as 珍. The meaning later shifted to "genuine" and "true".

Components

Based on an ancient variant of 殄.

Change in sound

真 and 殄 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.

Change in form

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 殄 than it was in ancient scripts.

貝 Meaning component

In ancient China, shells were considered precious and were used as currency.

丁 Sound component

Change in sound

真 and 丁 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.

Change in form

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 丁 than it was in ancient scripts.

Regular Modern

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	tsyin	ti[n]	true, real

《說文》：“真，僊人變形而登天也。从，从目，从。八，所乘載也。，古文真。”