鬒

鬒 · zhěn

black, glossy hair

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
zhěn
Cantonese
can2
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

black, glossy hair

Dictionary definitions & readings

鬒 zhěn · bushy black hair

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
74532.030,74532.150:zhěn Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
1469.020:zhěn Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
472.100:zhěn Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
zhěn粵can2,zan2 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
シン Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
진:1N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
章忍 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
SHJBC Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
7280.1 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1456.050 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
275.11 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0375d Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+9B12
Radical
髟 · 190
Strokes
20
Residual strokes
10
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #8051

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

20 strokes
鬒
Strokes
20
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

20 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
tsyinX · 章忍 · 臻開三上眞章 · #1466

PHONO-ML, source line 10137; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kDaeJaweon
1987.160
kFennIndex
25.01
kGSR
0375d
kHanYu
74532.030 74532.150
kIRGDaeJaweon
1987.160
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
74532.030
kIRGKangXi
1456.050
kKangXi
1456.050
kMatthews
300
kMeyerWempe
154j
kMorohashi
45543 45543:E0101 45544:E0102
kSBGY
275.11
kSMSZD2003Index
794.05 794.06
kCangjie
SHJBC
kFourCornerCode
7280.1
kMojiJoho
MJ028963 MJ028963:E0101 MJ028964:E0102
kPhonetic
63
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIRG_GSource
G3-7B5C
kIRG_HSource
HB2-F568
kIRG_JSource
J14-7D39
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-8BAA
kIRG_KSource
K1-6E33
kIRG_TSource
T2-6A76
kRSUnicode
190.10
kTotalStrokes
20
kBigFive
F568
kCCCII
235550
kCNS1986
2-6A76
kCNS1992
2-6A76
kEACC
2F5E66
kGB3
9160
kJIS0213
2,93,25
kJis1
7410
kKoreanName
2015
kTGH
2013:8051
kTaiwanTelegraph
7581
kXerox
310:106
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+19011+190.10.10
kCantonese
can2
kDefinition
black, glossy hair
kFanqie
章忍
kHangul
진:1N
kHanyuPinyin
74532.030,74532.150:zhěn
kJapanese
シン
kJapaneseKun
OOI
kJapaneseOn
SHIN
kKorean
CIN
kMandarin
zhěn
kSMSZD2003Readings
zhěn粵can2,zan2
kTGHZ2013
472.100:zhěn
kXHC1983
1469.020:zhěn
kSemanticVariant
U+3431<kMatthews

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
2dictionary records using 鬒0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

Shape description
髟 above 真 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan
Source notation ^⿱髟真$(GHT)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱髟真$(GHT)

^⿱髟眞$(JKP)

All alternatives are retained. Only the first description drives component search and graphical links. Counts describe this snapshot, not frequency. Evidence and method.