珍
precious thing; treasure; culinary delicacy; rare; valuable; to value highly
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How 珍 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
王 (semantic, “jade”) + 彡 (phonetic, shān)
How to remember it
rare · Heisig RSH #1311
jewel + cocktail
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 彡
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 彡 (shān) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 彡 sound component | shān | hair; sunlight |
| 参 | cān | to take part in, to intervene; ginseng |
| 衫 | shān | shirt, robe, jacket, gown |
| 杉 | shān | various species of pine and fir |
| 钐 | shān | samarium |
| 彤 | tóng | red, vermillion |
| 肜 | róng | to sacrifice on two successive days |
Words containing 珍
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 如数家珍 | rú shǔ jiā zhēn | lit. as if enumerating one's family valuables (idiom); fig. to be very familiar with a mat… |
| 山珍海味 | shān zhēn hǎi wèi | exotic delicacies; luxury foodstuff from distant locations |
| 山珍海错 | shān zhēn hǎi cuò | rarities from the mountain and the sea (idiom); fig. a sumptuous spread of food delicacies |
| 珍多冰 | zhēn duō bīng | cendol, Southeast Asian iced sweet dessert |
| 无价珍珠 | Wú jià Zhēn zhū | Pearl of Great Price (Mormonism) |
| 李时珍 | Lǐ Shí zhēn | Li Shizhen (1518-1593), Ming botanist and pharmacologist, author of Compendium of Medical … |
| 奇珍异宝 | qí zhēn yì bǎo | rare treasure (idiom) |
| 马氏珍珠贝 | mǎ shì zhēn zhū bèi | pearl oyster (genus Pinctada) |
| 珍重 | zhēn zhòng | to treasure; to cherish; to value highly; (in parting) take good care of yourself |
| 珍珠鸡 | zhēn zhū jī | guinea fowl |
| 八珍汤 | bā zhēn tāng | eight-treasure decoction, tonic formula used in Chinese medicine |
| 珍珠母 | zhēn zhū mǔ | mother-of-pearl (used in ornamentation and in TCM) |
| 珍品 | zhēn pǐn | valuable object; curio |
| 鸡珍 | jī zhēn | chicken gizzard (cuisine) |
| 维珍 | Wéi zhēn | Virgin (company) |
| 珍爱 | zhēn ài | to cherish |
| 珍视 | zhēn shì | to place great importance on; to treasure |
| 赛珍珠 | Sài Zhēn zhū | Pearl S. Buck (1892-1973), American writer known for her novels on Asian cultures, Pulitze… |
| 珍珠港 | Zhēn zhū Gǎng | Pearl Harbor (Hawaii) |
| 珍异 | zhēn yì | rare; precious and odd |