Radical
Strokes
10
Residual strokes
6
Mandarin
zhēn
Teochew

Glyph

Radical
Residual strokes
6 strokes
Strokes
10 strokes
Mandarin
zhēn

Definitions by reading

zêng1
Mandarin equivalent zhēn
Regional readings
19th-century Fucheng zêng1 Chaoyang zêng1 Chenghai zêng1 Jieyang zêng1 Raoping zêng1 Shantou zêng1
①zhēn
②坚硬的木头。
③古代打土墙时所立的木柱,泛指支柱:~干(gàn )(喻能胜重任的人)。
④古书上指女贞树 。
⑤古代指筑墙时所立的木柱
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English meaning

hardwood; supports, posts

GuangyunPhonological reconstruction

1
知母 三等 開口 清韵 平声 陟盈切
Reconstruction:
Original

楨榦,題曰楨,旁曰榦。又女楨,冬不凋木也。