貞
See also: 贞
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Translingual edit
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Han character edit
貞 (Kangxi radical 154, 貝+2, 9 strokes, cangjie input 卜月山金 (YBUC), four-corner 21806, composition ⿱⺊貝)
Derived characters edit
- 偵, 𫨫, 𠸩, 𡎞, 媜, 幀, 𢔤, 𫺤, 揁, 湞, 𨺟, 楨, 𤋺, 𤦹, 禎, 𧶃, 碵, 禎, 𬓲, 𬡥, 𣦓, 緽, 𬢵, 𧶸, 赬, 𮛶, 䡠, 𥢆, 鍞, 𪺘, 𫖙, 𩹰, 𪍕, 𪑳
- 遉, 𰷺, 𢒟, 𨜓, 𠭹, 𫁅, 𫖣, 𫧸, 寊, 𦵄, 𥢅, 𤸘, 𭵐, 𥕫, 𮚯
References edit
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1204, character 3
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36658
- Dae Jaweon: page 1665, character 4
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3622, character 3
- Unihan data for U+8C9E
Chinese edit
| trad. | 貞 | |
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| simp. | 贞 | |
| alternative forms | 鼑 𠨀 𣦵 𭾛 | |
Glyph origin edit
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Pictogram (象形) - a ding (oracle bone script , 
; same as 鼎 (OC *kleːŋʔ)). Borrowed for “to divine”. Later 卜 (“to divine”) was added as a semantic component (oracle bone script 
; bronze script ）.
Etymology edit
Various comparisons have been proposed. Within Chinese, it has been compared to 偵 (OC *tʰeŋ, “to test; to detect”) (Schuessler, 2007), 正 (OC *tjeŋs, “correct; right”) (Sagart and Ma, 2020). Outside of Chinese, it has been compared to Tibetan དྲང་པོ (drang po, “straight”) (Sagart, 2020b).
Pronunciation edit
Definitions edit
貞
- virtuous; chaste; pure
- loyal; faithful
- † to divine
- 辛未貞：𠦪禾于河，尞三牢，沉三牛，宜牢。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: 12th century BCE, Oracle bone Heji 32028
- Xīnwèi zhēn: hū hé yú hé, liáo sān láo, chén sān niú, yí láo. [Pinyin]
- xīnwèi [day 8] divining: pray for the harvest to Hé, making a burnt offering of three penned oxen, submerging three oxen, and put the penned oxen on the sacrificial table.
辛未贞：𠦪禾于河，尞三牢，沉三牛，宜牢。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
Compounds edit
- 一念堅貞／一念坚贞
- 三貞九烈／三贞九烈
- 不貞／不贞 (bùzhēn)
- 九烈三貞／九烈三贞
- 堅貞／坚贞 (jiānzhēn)
- 堅貞不屈／坚贞不屈 (jiānzhēnbùqū)
- 女貞酒／女贞酒
- 守貞／守贞 (shǒuzhēn)
- 居貞／居贞
- 忠貞／忠贞 (zhōngzhēn)
- 忠貞不渝／忠贞不渝 (zhōngzhēnbùyú)
- 王義貞／王义贞 (Wángyìzhēn)
- 童貞／童贞 (tóngzhēn)
- 縮屋稱貞／缩屋称贞
- 義貞／义贞
- 聖女貞德／圣女贞德 (Shèngnǚ Zhēndé)
- 艱貞／艰贞
- 貞亮／贞亮 (zhēnliàng)
- 貞人／贞人 (zhēnrén)
- 貞卜文字／贞卜文字
- 貞固／贞固 (zhēngù)
- 貞士／贞士 (zhēnshì)
- 貞夫烈婦／贞夫烈妇
- 貞女／贞女 (zhēnnǚ)
- 貞女石／贞女石
- 貞婦／贞妇 (zhēnfù)
- 貞懿賢淑／贞懿贤淑
- 貞操／贞操 (zhēncāo)
- 貞木／贞木
- 貞淑／贞淑 (zhēnshū)
- 貞潔／贞洁 (zhēnjié)
- 貞烈／贞烈
- 貞白／贞白 (zhēnbái)
- 貞石／贞石
- 貞節／贞节 (zhēnjié)
- 貞節牌坊／贞节牌坊
- 貞臣／贞臣
- 貞蕤／贞蕤
- 貞觀／贞观 (Zhēnguàn)
- 貞觀之治／贞观之治
- 貞觀政要／贞观政要
- 貞靜／贞静
- 貞風亮節／贞风亮节
- 貞高絕俗／贞高绝俗
References edit
- “貞”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
- Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A03928
Japanese edit
Kanji edit
貞
Readings edit
Korean edit
Hanja edit
貞 • (jeong) (hangeul 정, revised jeong, McCune–Reischauer chŏng, Yale ceng)
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Vietnamese edit
Han character edit
貞: Hán Nôm readings: trinh, riêng, tranh
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