Memory phrase for the character: 贞

贞

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Meaning

faithful, loyal, dependable, chaste

Pronunciation

zhēn

Explanation

 Top: fortune telling 卜 (crack in a turtle's shell, used for divining), bottom: money 贝

Mnemonic
 
Who divines for money must be faithful.

Radicals

贞 loyal, dependablefaithful, chaste
卜 oracle, mysticismThis radical is considered to be a simplification of: fortune telling 占 (crack 卜 in the shell 口 of a turtle from which the fortune was told.). Sometimes it is read as a forking of a road.
贝 shell, moneyThis is simplified from 貝, which showed a cowries-shell 目 with two feelers/antennas 八 that was used as money.




 Vocabulary

忠贞 zhōng zhēn  loyal and dependable
忠贞 zhōng zhēn  
忠贞 zhōng zhēn  
忠贞 zhōng zhēn  

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