chēn

glare with anger

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approved by Marcus Ngai · Mar 3, 2026, 02:12 AM · Reviewed by Marcus Ngai on Mar 3, 2026, 02:12 AM

真 → 眞

Changed fields: hint

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
eye
Sound component
zhēn real

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttsyhintʰi[n] glare (v.)

說文解字

《說文》:“瞋,張目也。从目,真聲。,祕書瞋从戌。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica