Shen Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Clothing (yī) Character: Zhen Kangxi Stroke Count: 13 Page 1117, Entry 17 Pronounced zhen (third tone). Same as zhen (third tone), referring to clothing. According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen), the character zhen is sometimes written with the component chen as a radical. Also, in the Biography of Sima Xiangru from the History of the Former Han (Qian Han Shu), the text mentions a rocky cliff. Meng Kang states that zhen signifies the meaning of being layered or piled up.