桢 (zhēn): (old) privet (genus Ligustrum)

桢 (zhēn) is a Chinese character meaning “(old) privet (genus ligustrum).” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), with radical 木 (tree). It ranks #5631 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Native pronunciation
HSK 7-9Radical: 木 tree10 strokesFrequency #5631

Definitions

  1. (old) privet (genus Ligustrum)

Stroke Order

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
竺可桢zhú kě zhēnZhu Kezhen (1890-1974), Chinese metereologist and geologist
沈葆桢shěn bǎo zhēnShen Baozhen (1820-1879), Qing Minister of the Navy, founded Fuzhou Naval College 船政學堂|船政学堂[Chuan2 zheng4 Xue2 tang2]...
2
Total compounds
0
As first character
100
As last character
0
As middle character

桢 appears in 2 compound words: 0 as the first character, 100 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

秋风起，桢叶变黄，铺满了林间小路。

qiū fēng qǐ , zhēn xié biàn huáng , pù mǎn le lín jiān xiǎo lù .

As the autumn wind blows, the leaves turn yellow and carpet the forest paths.

Character Family

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 桢 (zhēn) mean in Chinese?
桢 (zhēn) primarily means "(old) privet (genus ligustrum)." It is classified as HSK Level 7-9, making it an expert-level character. It ranks #5631 in character frequency.
How many strokes does 桢 have?
桢 is written with 10 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 桢?
The radical associated with 桢 is 木 (tree). This radical appears in many characters related to tree.
What are common words containing 桢?
Common words with 桢 include: 竺可桢 (zhú kě zhēn, "Zhu Kezhen (1890-1974), Chinese metereologist and geologist"); 沈葆桢 (shěn bǎo zhēn, "Shen Baozhen (1820-1879), Qing Minister of the Navy, founded Fuzhou Naval College 船政學堂|船政学堂[Chuan2 zheng4 Xue2 tang2]..."). There are over 2 compound words containing this character.
Is 桢 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
No. The simplified form is 桢 and the traditional form is 楨.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.