貞

See also: 贞
貞 U+8C9E, 貞
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8C9E
← 貝
[U+8C9D] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 貟 →
[U+8C9F]

Translingual

Han character

貞 (radical 154 貝+2, 9 strokes, cangjie input 卜月山金 (YBUC), four-corner 21806, composition ⿱⺊貝)

References

  • KangXi: page 1204, character 3
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36658
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1665, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3622, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+8C9E

Chinese

trad. 貞
simp. 贞

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 貞
Shang Western Zhou Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Chu Slip and silk script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (貞) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
偵 *rtaːŋs, *tʰeŋ, *tʰeŋs
幀 *rtɯːŋs
湞 *rdeːŋ, *teŋ
貞 *teŋ
楨 *teŋ
禎 *teŋ
赬 *tʰeŋ
遉 *tʰeŋs

Pronunciation

  • Dialectal data▼
Variety Location 貞
Mandarin Beijing /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/
Harbin /ʈ͡ʂən⁴⁴/
Tianjin /ʈ͡ʂən²¹/
/t͡sən²¹/
Jinan /ʈ͡ʂəŋ²¹³/
Qingdao /tʃəŋ²¹³/
Zhengzhou /ʈ͡ʂəŋ²⁴/
Xi'an /ʈ͡ʂẽ²¹/
Xining /ʈ͡ʂə̃⁴⁴/
Yinchuan /ʈ͡ʂəŋ⁴⁴/
Lanzhou /ʈ͡ʂə̃n³¹/
Ürümqi /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁴⁴/
Wuhan /t͡sən⁵⁵/
Chengdu /t͡sən⁵⁵/
Guiyang /t͡sen⁵⁵/
Kunming /ʈ͡ʂə̃⁴⁴/
Nanjing /ʈ͡ʂən³¹/
Hefei /ʈ͡ʂən²¹/
Jin Taiyuan /t͡səŋ¹¹/
Pingyao /ʈ͡ʂəŋ¹³/
Hohhot /t͡sə̃ŋ³¹/
Wu Shanghai /t͡səŋ⁵³/
Suzhou /t͡sən⁵⁵/
Hangzhou /t͡sen³³/
Wenzhou /t͡seŋ³³/
Hui Shexian /t͡ɕiʌ̃³¹/
Tunxi /t͡ɕiɛ¹¹/
Xiang Changsha /ʈ͡ʂən³³/
Xiangtan /ʈ͡ʂən³³/
Gan Nanchang /t͡sɨn⁴²/
Hakka Meixian /t͡sən⁴⁴/
Taoyuan /tʃen²⁴/
Cantonese Guangzhou /t͡seŋ⁵³/
Nanning /t͡seŋ⁵⁵/
Hong Kong /t͡siŋ⁵⁵/
Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /tiŋ⁵⁵/
/t͡siŋ⁵⁵/
Fuzhou (Min Dong) /tiŋ⁴⁴/
Jian'ou (Min Bei) /teiŋ⁵⁴/
Shantou (Min Nan) /t͡seŋ³³/
Haikou (Min Nan) /t͡seŋ²³/
Rime
Character 貞
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 知 (9)
Final (韻) 清 (121)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 陟盈切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ʈiᴇŋ/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ʈiɛŋ/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ȶiæŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ʈiajŋ/
Li
Rong		 /ȶiɛŋ/
Wang
Li		 /ȶĭɛŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ȶi̯ɛŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 zhēng
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 貞
Reading # 1/1
No. 17027
Phonetic
component		 貞
Rime
group		 耕
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 貞
Old
Chinese		 /*teŋ/
Notes 說文鼎省聲，甲文原假借鼎字

Definitions

貞

  1. virtuous; chaste; pure
  2. loyal; faithful

Compounds

  • 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
  • 居貞／居贞
  • 忠貞／忠贞 (zhōngzhēn)
  • 忠貞不渝／忠贞不渝
  • 童貞／童贞 (tóngzhēn)
  • 縮屋稱貞／缩屋称贞
  • 義貞／义贞
  • 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
  • 貞觀／贞观
  • 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

Japanese

Kanji

貞

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. virtue, faithfulness, uprighteousness
  2. chastity

Readings

Korean

Hanja

貞 • (jeong) (hangeul 정, revised jeong, McCune–Reischauer chŏng, Yale ceng)

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Vietnamese

Han character

貞 (trinh, riêng, tranh)

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