貞

Glyph origin
- a ding (oracle bone script, ; same as ). Borrowed for “to divine”. Later was added as a semantic component (oracle bone script ; bronze script ）.

Etymology
Various comparisons have been proposed. Within Chinese, it has been compared to,. Outside of Chinese, it has been compared to 🇨🇬.

Definitions

 * 1) virtuous; chaste; pure
 * 2) loyal; faithful
 * 3)  to divine
 * 1)  to divine

Kanji

 * 1) virtue, faithfulness, uprighteousness
 * 2) chastity