贞
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chaste
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 貝 +2
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 貞
- Common rank
- #2,215
- Unicode
- U+8D1E
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Formation & memory
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How 贞 is formed
How to remember it
chaste · Heisig RSH #54
贝 shellfish + divining rod
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 贞
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 圣女贞德 | Joan of Arc (1412-1431), French heroine and liberator, executed as a witch by the Burgundi… | |
| 白素贞 | (name of a person) Bai Suzhen, from Madame White Snake | |
| 永贞革新 | Yongzhen Reform, Tang dynasty failed reform movement of 805 led by Wang Shuwen 王叔文[Wang2 S… | |
| 贞丰县 | Zhenfeng, a county in Qianxinan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 黔西南布依族苗族自治州[Qian2 xi1… | |
| 三贞九烈 | (of a widow) faithful to the death to her husband's memory | |
| 安贞 | Antei (Japanese reign name, 1227-1229) | |
| 贞操带 | chastity belt | |
| 贞德 | Jeanne d'Arc (1412-1431), French heroine and liberator, executed as a witch by the Burgund… | |
| 苏贞昌 | Su Tseng-chang (1947-), Taiwanese DPP politician, premier of the Republic of China (2019-) | |
| 女贞 | privet (genus Ligustrum) | |
| 贞女 | female virgin; widow who does not remarry | |
| 贞节 | chastity; virginity (of women); moral integrity (of men); loyalty; constancy | |
| 贞节牌坊 | memorial arch in honor of a chaste widow | |
| 坚贞不屈 | faithful and unchanging (idiom); steadfast | |
| 永贞内禅 | Yongzhen abdication of 805 | |
| 贞丰 | see 貞豐縣|贞丰县[Zhen1 feng1 Xian4] | |
| 贞操 | (usually of women) chastity; virginity; virtue; honor; loyalty; moral integrity | |
| 坚贞不渝 | unyielding integrity (idiom); unwavering | |
| 童贞 | virginity; chastity | |
| 忠贞不渝 | unswerving in one's loyalty (idiom); faithful and constant |
Sound family
These characters use 贞 as their sound component — compare how they read.