Character: 偵
Modern (Beijing) reading: zhēn
Preclassic Old Chinese: threŋ
Classic Old Chinese: threŋ
Western Han Chinese: ṭheŋ
Eastern Han Chinese: ṭheŋ
Early Postclassic Chinese: ṭheŋ
Middle Postclassic Chinese: ṭheŋ
Late Postclassic Chinese: ṭheŋ
Middle Chinese: ṭheŋ
English meaning : to watch, be on the watch [L.Zhou]
Russian meaning[s]: следить, выслеживать; разузнавать; разведка; разведчик; сыщик
Comments: Also read *threŋ-s, MC ṭhèŋ; *trēŋ-s, MC ṭạ̀iŋ id. Modern Mand. zhēn and standard Sino-Viet. trinh are secondary readings, due to confusion with 貞 q.v.
Radical: 9
Four-angle index: 7993
Karlgren code: 0834 k
Vietnamese reading: rình
