Chinese Character 贞 Meanings and components.

Form

贞

Meaning

贞 meaning[3] in English

Chaste.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 贞 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Bu (卜) , and surname Bei (贝)

Its radical[1] is: 貝 (bei4) which means: Surname Bei, .貝bei4surname Bei

In cangjie it is written with YBO

How to write 贞

To write贞zhen1chaste you should write a combination of 卜bo5surname Bu , 贝bei4surname Bei arranged in a 吕 shape:

卜 + 贝 = 贞

贞 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 贞 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 贞, looks as follow:

贞
Pinyin:zhen1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Chaste
卜
Pinyin:bo5
Meaning[3]: Surname Bu
贝
Pinyin:bei4
Meaning[3]: Surname Bei
冂
Pinyin:jiong1
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 13), Occurring In 用, 同, 网 Etc . See Also 同字框[Tong2 Zi4 Kuang4]
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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