禎
zhēn

lucky

Components

礻
礻 Meaning component
shì show

spirit

貞
貞 Sound component
virtuous

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangteŋ

說文解字

祥也。从示貞聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

祯 zhēn, zhēng lucky Simplified

Components

礻
礻 Meaning component
shì show

spirit

贞
贞 Sound component
zhēn, zhēng virtuous

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode