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Mythic Mandarin

甄 (zhēn): meaning and stroke order

甄 (zhēn) means to distinguish, to evaluate, surname Zhen.

甄

Simplified
甄
Traditional
甄 (same form)
Pinyin
zhēn

Stroke order of 甄

甄

  • Zhēn surname Zhen
  • zhēn to distinguish; to evaluate
  • 13 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 甄

  1. zhēn
    • to distinguish
    • to evaluate
  2. Zhēn
    • surname Zhen

Radical and structure

甄
Radical 瓦 (Kangxi radical 98) · 13 strokes · 垔 on the left, 瓦 on the right

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

甄 in our stories

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  • 晚上十一点半,刑警骆驰接到电话:甄太太家进了小偷,一条很贵的钻石项链不见了。

    wǎnshang shíyī diǎn bàn xíngjǐng Luò Chí jiēdào diànhuà Zhēn tàitai jiā jìn le xiǎotōu yì tiáo hěn guì de zuànshí xiàngliàn bú jiàn le

    At half past eleven at night, detective Luo Chi got a call: a burglar had broken into Mrs Zhen's home and a very expensive diamond necklace was gone.

    From the story The dry floor HSK 6

Stories using 甄

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).