Keyword
bound form
- hardwood
- posts
- supports
- Frequency
- #4731
- Strokes
- 10
Readings
zhēn
Mnemonic
木 (tree) gives the meaning and 贞 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
竺可桢
Zhu Kezhen (1890-1974), Chinese metereologist and geologist
桢
(old) privet (genus Ligustrum); (bound form) (old) wooden support placed at the ends of a wall during construction; (fig.) mainstay; pillar; backbone
沈葆桢
Shen Baozhen (1820-1879), Qing Minister of the Navy, founded Fuzhou Naval College 船政学堂 (ChuánzhèngXuétáng) in 1866