甄

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

瓦 meaning “pottery” + 垔 sound ( yīn )

Components 垔瓦

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

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
甄别考试	zhēn bié kǎo shì	to screen; to grade by examination; screening; placement test
甄用	zhēn yòng	to employ by examination
甄别	zhēn bié	to screen; to discriminate; to reexamine a case; screening (of applicants etc)
推甄	tuī zhēn	to recommend a student for admission to a higher-level school; to put a student on the rec…
甄选	zhēn xuǎn	to select; to pick
甄试	zhēn shì	selection test; admission exam
甄录	zhēn lù	to employ by an examination
甄审	zhēn shěn	to screen and select (candidates etc)
甄拔	zhēn bá	to select
甄训	zhēn xùn	(Tw) to identify (talented individuals) and give them training
甄综	zhēn zōng	to comprehensively appraise and select
甄陶	zhēn táo	to make sth of clay; to appraise people of talent
陶甄	táo zhēn	to mold and educate people
甄藻	zhēn zǎo	to discern talent
甄汰	zhēn tài	to eliminate by examination

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

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
垔 sound part	yīn	to restrain; to dam a stream and change its direction; a mound
鄄	juàn	a district in Shandong province
堙	yīn	to bury; to dam, to block up; mound