Usage of the character 桢
zhēn
桢
[楨]
- (old) privet (genus Ligustrum)
- (bound form) (old) wooden support placed at the ends of a wall during construction; (fig.) mainstay; pillar; backbone
Zhú Kězhēn
竺可桢
[竺可楨]
- Zhu Kezhen (1890-1974), Chinese metereologist and geologist
Shěn Bǎozhēn
沈葆桢
[沈葆楨]
- Shen Baozhen (1820-1879), Qing Minister of the Navy, founded Fuzhou Naval College 船政學堂／船政学堂 ( Chuánzhèng Xuétáng) in 1866