贞德

Traditional form:

貞德

Pinyin (reading):

Zhēndé

Definitions:

• Jeanne d'Arc (1412-1431), French heroine and liberator, executed as a witch by the Burgundians and English
• also called Jehanne Darc, the Maid or Orleans, Joan of Arc or St Joan

Characters:

• 贞 - virtuous, chaste, pure; loyal
• 德 - ethics, morality; compassion, kindness

Traditional characters:

• 貞 - virtuous, chaste, pure; loyal
• 德 - ethics, morality; compassion, kindness