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Kanji Detail for 貞 - "chaste, loyal, righteous"

貞

  • Meaning

    貞 means "chaste, loyal, righteous."

    1. Chaste - Pure and virtuous; faithful.

    2. Loyal - Steadfast in allegiance; faithful.

    3. Righteous - Morally upright; proper.

    4. Divination - The practice of seeking knowledge through signs.

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    • Verified meaning: chaste, loyal, righteous
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read さだ, さだじ, さだずみ, さだつぐ)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 貞

    Given names 貞(さだ)Listen 貞(さだむ)Listen 貞(たかし)Listen 貞(ただし)Listen 貞(ただす)Listen 貞(てい)Listen 貞(ていこ)Listen

    Surnames 貞(さだじ)Listen 貞(さだずみ)Listen 貞(さだつぐ)Listen 貞(さだのり)Listen 貞(さだゆき)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    upright; chastity; constancy; righteousness

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    virtuous, chaste, pure; loyal

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    chaste

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    virtuous, chaste, pure; loyal

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Upright. Maintaining uprightness and being unshakable is called 貞. Such as 忠貞 (loyal and upright), 堅貞 (steadfast). Therefore in the past, women who did not lose their virtue were called 貞婦 (virtuous woman), 貞女 (chaste woman). | To divine. Asking about what is correct is called 貞. Such as in the Yijing: 貞吉 (divination auspicious), 貞厲 (divination severe).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    joh(ジョウ) ジョウ

    tei(テイ) テイ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    sada(さだ) さだ

    tada.shii(ただ-しい) ただ-しい

  • Strokes

    tip

    9 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    貝 (kai・kaihen・kogai)

  • Related Keywords

    chaste loyal righteous divination honesty uprightness chastity fidelity allegiance constant dedicated devoted faithful honorable moral noble principled pure sincere steadfast true trustworthy virtuous

Sentences including 貞

  • Tom is still a virgin.

  • So? Feeling refreshed, the morning after graduating from virginity?

  • Sadako watched the sun lowering in the west and became blind.

  • God, please give me chastity and continence, but not yet.

  • "Oh, Tanaka-san!" "Uh...!" "Have you been doing well?" "Yeah. Um, uh...! Oh my god, I'm so sorry, but your name is slipping my mind. What's your name again?" "Really? Come on. I'm Kunisada. Keiko Kunisada." "Oh, right, Kunisada-san. It's been a while!"

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