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桢 (zhēn) 1. 坚硬的木头。 (En.) Hardwood. 2. 古代打土墙时所立的木柱，泛指支柱。 (En.) Terminal posts used in building a wall in ancient times; broadly refers to a pillar. 3. 古书上指女贞树。 (En.) Refers to the Ligustrum tree in ancient texts. Additional Notes: - 【本义】: 木名，即女贞 (En.) Original meaning: the name of a kind of wood, specifically the Ligustrum tree. - 【造字法】: 形声。从木，贞声。 (En.) Etymology: A phono-semantic compound; composed of the radical for wood (木) and the phonetic element 贞. Examples: - 桢干 (zhēn gàn): Refers to a mainstay or person capable of bearing heavy responsibilities. - 桢臣 (zhēn chén): Refers to an important minister (pillar of the state). - 桢材 (zhēn cái): Refers to primary material or a main backbone. - 桢固 (zhēn gù): Refers to a support or backbone. Citations: 1. 《说文》：桢，刚木也。 (En.) "Shuowen": "Zhen, it is hard wood." 2. 左思《吴都赋》：文欀桢橿。注:“桢、橿，二木名。” (En.) Zuo Si's "Wudu Fu": "Literature and elegance of Zhen and Huang." Note: "Zhen and Huang are names of two types of wood." 3. 《山海经》：又东二百里，曰太山，上多金玉、桢木。 (En.) "Shanhai Jing": "Two hundred li east is Mount Tai, which has a lot of gold, jade, and Zhen wood." 4. 《尔雅》：桢，干也。舍人注:“桢，正也。筑墙所立两木也。” (En.) "Erya": "Zhen, is a post. Note from the scholar: "Zhen is upright. It refers to the two posts used in building a wall."