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<WL>贞(F貞) [zhēn] (坚贞, 忠贞) loyal; virgin (unwed, unbetrothed girl); 贞卜 ancient fortune-telling@@; (易) inner/lower trigram (ant. 𠧩/悔)  [zhēng] [zhèng] cf. 貞
<WL>贞(F貞) [zhēn] (坚贞, 忠贞) loyal; virgin (unwed, unbetrothed girl); 贞卜 ancient fortune-telling@@; (易) inner/lower trigram (ant. 𠧩/悔)  [zhēng] [zhèng] cf. 貞
The Shuōwén Seal form of 贞(􀣧貞) zhēng/zhēn ‘practice divination (in order to answer a question)’ combines 卜(􀣣) bǔ ‘divination’, and 贝(􁄑貝) bèi ‘cowrie-shell money’ as a gift/payment (贽) to the diviner; or by an alternative analysis (also given in SW) the bottom is 鼎(􁋋) dǐng (abbrev. phonetic), cf. 鼑/鼎, and the old readings 貞 zhēng/zhèng.
The Shuōwén Seal form of 贞/貞(􀣧) zhēng/zhēn ‘practice divination (in order to answer a question)’ combines 卜(􀣣) bǔ ‘divination’, and 贝/貝(􁄑) bèi ‘cowrie-shell money’ as a gift/payment (贽) to the diviner; or by an alternative analysis (also given in SW) the bottom is 鼎(􁋋) dǐng (abbrev. phonetic), cf. 鼑/鼎, and the old readings 貞 zhēng/zhèng.
Compare: 貞 zhēn ‘loyal/faithful’ (坚贞, 忠贞), 真(􁙒眞) zhēn ‘true’ (真正, 真诚).
Compare: 占(􀣩) zhān ‘divine/divination (by pyromancy)’.
“Enquire by divination; auspicious; good, virtuous; firm, solid; chaste, pure — from 卜 divination and 貝 (fee to the diviner?)” —Karlgren(1923).
Compare: 貞 zhēn ‘loyal/faithful’ (坚贞, 忠贞); 真(􁙒眞) zhēn ‘true’ (真正, 真诚).
Karlgren(1940) notes that was originally a simplified way of writing 鼎 dǐng ‘cauldron’, borrowed as a phonetic loan.
“[貞] Enquire by divination; auspicious; good, virtuous; firm, solid; chaste, pure — from 卜 divination and 貝 (fee to the diviner?)” —Karlgren(1923).
Note: is also said to be an abbrev. of 鼑/鼎 dǐng ‘cauldron’, used as a phonetic loan; Karlgren(1940).
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