zhēn chaste

Made up of [ bèi shell; precious; cowrie shell radical 154, divination; prophesy radical 25]
Made with 6 strokes.
The radical 'shell' suggests something intact and enclosed. Derivation may be from reading the future with a ritual vessel
Ancient small seal form Small seal

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Also uses bèi component: (toilet) guì (precious) ; pín (poor) ; shǎng (to hand down) ; tiē (to stick) ; yuán (person) ; (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous sentence or clause)
Also uses component: chù (place) jiù (fault) ; wài (outside) ; zhān (to observe) ; zhuō (table)

Sounds same

zhēn (really)

Different tone

zhèn (Thunder) ; zhèn

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