zhēn

to receive blessings in a sincere spirit

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Components

Meaning component

spirit

Sound component

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangtjin

說文解字

《說文》:“禛,以真受福也。从示,真聲。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica