甄
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to distinguish; to evaluate
13 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,689 U+7504
How 甄 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
瓦 (semantic, “pottery”) + 垔 (phonetic, yīn)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 垔
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 垔 (yīn) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 垔 sound component | yīn | to restrain; to dam a stream and change its direction; a mound |
| 鄄 | juàn | a district in Shandong province |
| 堙 | yīn | to bury; to dam, to block up; mound |
Words containing 甄
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 甄别考试 | zhēn bié kǎo shì | to screen; to grade by examination; screening; placement test |
| 甄用 | zhēn yòng | to employ by examination |
| 甄别 | zhēn bié | to screen; to discriminate; to reexamine a case; screening (of applicants etc) |
| 推甄 | tuī zhēn | to recommend a student for admission to a higher-level school; to put a student on the rec… |
| 甄选 | zhēn xuǎn | to select; to pick |
| 甄试 | zhēn shì | selection test; admission exam |
| 甄录 | zhēn lù | to employ by an examination |
| 甄审 | zhēn shěn | to screen and select (candidates etc) |
| 甄拔 | zhēn bá | to select |
| 甄训 | zhēn xùn | (Tw) to identify (talented individuals) and give them training |
| 甄综 | zhēn zōng | to comprehensively appraise and select |
| 甄陶 | zhēn táo | to make sth of clay; to appraise people of talent |
| 陶甄 | táo zhēn | to mold and educate people |
| 甄藻 | zhēn zǎo | to discern talent |
| 甄汰 | zhēn tài | to eliminate by examination |