Unicode: U+73CD

Pinyin: zhēn

Definition

* 珠玉等宝物。 ~宝。~珠。奇~异宝。席~待聘("席珍",坐席上的宝石,喻怀才待用)。 * 宝贵的,贵重的。 ~贵。~奇。~稀。~闻。~玩(贵重的供赏玩的东西)。 * 重视,爱惜。 ~视。~爱。~重( zhòng )。~存。~藏( cáng )。 * 精美的食物。 ~羞(亦作"珍馐")。八~

precious, valuable, rare

Structure

珍 graph

Related substructures

Precursors

Small Seal Script
Standardized 221–206 BCE (Qin); developed earlier in Qin
The standardized seal script promulgated after Qin’s unification, based on earlier Qin seal forms and used as an empire-wide norm.Wikipedia ->
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Clerical Script
c. 300 BCE–220 CE (emerged late Warring States/Qin; dominant Han)
A practical script that evolved from late Warring States/Qin writing; it matured and became dominant in the Han dynasty, favoring faster, more rectilinear strokes.Wikipedia ->
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Transmitted Pre-Qin Forms
Pre-Qin forms (≤221 BCE) / late 2nd century BCE onward (Han → later textual transmission)
Pre-Qin character forms preserved through later textual transmission (often discussed as the 'Old Text' / guwen tradition). Shaped by repeated copying, they can diverge from excavated Warring States materials.Wikipedia ->
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Last Modified: 2026-01-29 11:48 UTC