The kanji 貞: meaning, readings and stroke order

貞

Meaning: faithful, upright
On reading: テイ tei
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 9
Radical: 貝 shell
Level: Level 9 · senior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: thuỷ chung, ngay thẳng (trinh)
Japanese: こころがまっすぐでかわらない。
Korean: 곧다, 한결같다 (정)
Chinese: 忠贞、正直 (贞)

Readings, words and example sentences

テイ tei · on reading · less common

貞てい淑しゅく
modest and virtuous
祖母は 貞てい淑しゅくな人でした。
My grandmother was a modest and virtuous woman.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.