桢

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(old) privet (genus Ligustrum) / (bound form) (old) wooden support placed at the ends of a wall during construction; (fig.) mainstay; pillar; backbone

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Original source entry:

楨 桢 [zhen1] /(old) privet (genus Ligustrum)/(bound form) (old) wooden support placed at the ends of a wall during construction; (fig.) mainstay; pillar; backbone/

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