贞 (貞) zhēn
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adjective
virtuous; chaste; pure
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '貞' 2b, p. 599; Mathews 1931 '貞', p. 42; Unihan '貞') -
adjective
loyal
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '貞' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '貞' 2, p. 599; Mathews 1931 '貞', p. 42; Unihan '貞'; XHZD '贞' 1, p. 966) -
noun
divination
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '貞' n 1; XHZD '贞' 3, p. 966) -
noun
chastity
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '貞' n 2; XHZD '贞' 2, p. 966) -
verb
to divine
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 卜问 (Guoyu '貞' v; Kroll 2015 '貞' 1, p. 599; Mathews 1931 '貞', p. 42) -
adjective
auspicious
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '貞' 1, p. 599; Mathews 1931 '貞', p. 42) -
adjective
upright
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '貞' 3, p. 599; Mathews 1931 '貞', p. 42) -
noun
lower part of the trigrams in the Yijing
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '貞' 4, p. 599; Mathews 1931 '貞', p. 42) -
number
four
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Since 贞 is the fourth character in the Yijing (Mathews 1931 '貞', p. 42) -
adjective
chaste; pure
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Japanese: tei, or: jou (BCSD '貞', p. 1106; SH '貞', p. 314; Unihan '貞')
Contained in
- 胡幽贞(胡幽貞) Hu You Zhen
- 资福贞邃(資福貞邃) Zifu Zhensui
- 贞元新定释教目录(貞元新定釋教目錄) Zhen Yuan Era Catalog of Newly Authorized Buddhist Teachings; Zhen Yuan Xin Ding Shijiao Mulu
- 续贞元释教录(續貞元釋教錄) Zhen Yuan Era Continued Catalog of Buddhist Teachings; Xu Zhen Yuan Shijiao Lu
- 大唐贞元续开元释教录(大唐貞元續開元釋教錄) Tang Dynasty Zhen Yuan Era Buddhist Teachings Continued Catalog; Da Tang Zhen Yuan Xu Kaiyuan Shijiao Lu
Also contained in
永贞 、 休贞 、 圣女贞德 、 元亨利贞 、 贞明 、 贞谅 、 忠贞 、 苏贞昌 、 王世贞 、 郑兰贞 、 贞元 、 忠贞不渝 、 贞丰县 、 新田义贞 、 守贞 、 纯贞孝皇后 、 贞烈 、 贞固 、 贞人 、 贞观 、 贞节 、 永贞革新 、 贞德 、 贞洁 、 贞女 、 贞丰 、 贞节坊 、 贞观之治 、 安贞 、 贞淑 、 贞节牌坊 、 贞静 、 童贞 、 贞忠 、 坚贞 、 三贞九烈 、 永贞内禅 、 坚贞不屈 、 贞木 、 贞操 、 贞干 、 女贞 、 万邦以贞 、 贞操带 、 贞亮 、 艰贞
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- Scroll 3 Shi Shi Ji Gu Lue 釋氏稽古略 — count: 30
- Scroll 6 Supplement to the Biographies of Eminent Monks 續高僧傳 — count: 13
- Scroll 1 San Guo Yi Shi 三國遺事 — count: 12
- Scroll 5 Dai Zong Chao Zeng Sikong Da Bian Zheng Guang Zhi San Zang He Shang Biao Zhi Ji 代宗朝贈司空大辨正廣智三藏和上表制集 — count: 11
- Scroll 78 Fa Yuan Zhu Lin 法苑珠林 — count: 8
- Scroll 3 Shi Jian Ji Gu Lue Xu Ji 釋鑑稽古略續集 — count: 8
- Scroll 17 Fo Zu Lidai Tong Zai 佛祖歷代通載 — count: 8
- Scroll 29 Song Biographies of Eminent Monks 宋高僧傳 — count: 8 , has English translation
- Scroll 9 Record of Buddhist Teachings Compiled During the Kaiyuan Era 開元釋教錄 — count: 7
- Scroll 4 Bian Zheng Lun 辯正論 — count: 7
Collocations
- 贞良 (貞良) 外多塵垢妻不貞良 — Fenbie Shan E Bao Ying Jing (Śukasūtra)分別善惡報應經, Scroll 2 — count: 40
- 贞享 (貞享) 靈雲校本末云貞享三年四月廿三日一校 — Gongyang Yishi (Offering Rituals) 供養儀式, Scroll 1 — count: 19
- 贞实 (貞實) 悉皆貞實 — An Alternative Translation of the Saṃyukta Āgama (Saṁyukatāgamasūtra) 別譯雜阿含經, Scroll 12 — count: 17
- 尼贞 (尼貞) 尼貞反 — Foshuo Sheng Fomu Xiao Zi Boreluomiduo Jing 佛說聖佛母般若波羅蜜多經, Scroll 1 — count: 16
- 贞反 (貞反) 尼貞反 — Foshuo Sheng Fomu Xiao Zi Boreluomiduo Jing 佛說聖佛母般若波羅蜜多經, Scroll 1 — count: 15
- 贞励 (貞勵) 貞勵反 — Suvarṇaprabhāsauttamarājasūtra (Jin Guang Ming Zui Sheng Wang Jing) 金光明最勝王經, Scroll 7 — count: 9
- 廉贞 (廉貞) 廉貞敬讓 — Sutra on the Life of Śākyamuni (Zhong Benqi Jing) 中本起經, Scroll 1 — count: 7
- 龙贞 (龍貞) 龍貞栴 — Mahāyānābhisamaya (Zheng Qi Dasheng Jing) 證契大乘經, Scroll 1 — count: 4
- 妇贞 (婦貞) 夫信婦貞 — Sutra of the Collection of the Six Perfections (Liu Du Ji Jing) 六度集經, Scroll 6 — count: 4
- 贞谨 (貞謹) 循良貞謹清潔義讓 — Sutra on the Names of the Buddhas (Fo Shuo Fo Ming Jing) 佛說佛名經, Scroll 10 — count: 4