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榛

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(bound form) hazelnut tree (Corylus heterophylla)

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Strokes
14
Radical
木 +10
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
榛
Common rank
#2,690
Unicode
U+699B

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Formation & memory

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How 榛 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

木 meaning “tree” + 秦 sound ( qín )

Components 木 秦

Words with 榛

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

WordPinyinMeaning
花尾榛鸡 huā wěi zhēn jī (bird species of China) hazel grouse (Tetrastes bonasia)
斑尾榛鸡 bān wěi zhēn jī (bird species of China) Chinese grouse (Tetrastes sewerzowi)
榛仁儿 zhēn rén r erhua variant of 榛仁[zhen1 ren2]
榛子 zhēn zi hazelnut
荆榛满目 jīng zhēn mǎn mù thorns and brambles as far as eye can see (idiom); beset by troubles
榛色 zhēn sè filbert
榛实 zhēn shí hazelnut
榛鸡 zhēn jī hazel grouse
榛果 zhēn guǒ filbert; hazelnut; cobnut
欧榛 ōu zhēn common hazel (tree) (Corylus avellana)
榛仁 zhēn rén hazelnut kernel; hazelnut "meat"
榛栗 zhēn lì hazelnut
榛芜 zhēn wú wilderness; bushy and weedy; humble; inferior
榛榛 zhēn zhēn overgrown with wild plants
榛薮 zhēn sǒu dense wood
榛莽 zhēn mǎng (literary) luxuriant vegetation

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 秦 — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
秦 sound part qín the Qin dynasty (eponymous for China)
嗪 qín used in transliterations
臻 zhēn to reach, to arrive; utmost, superior
溱 zhēn a river in Henan province
蓁 zhēn abundant; luxuriant foliage
螓 qín a small cicada with a square head