Chinese Character Wiki
征

zhēng

journey

Phonosemantic compound. 彳 represents the meaning and 正 represents the sound. Originally written as 正.

Components
彳 meaning component

彳  Meaning component

chì

  

walk

彳 is a component form of 行.

正 sound,iconic component

正  Sound Iconic component

zhèng, zhēng

  

correct

Depicts a foot walking towards a city.

Evolution

征 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
征 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
征 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
征 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
征 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

征  

zhēng

invade, attack, conquer; journey; trip; expedition; to go on long campaign; to attack

征 (徵) 

zhēng

summon, recruit; musical note; to invite; to recruit; to levy (taxes); to draft (troops); phenomenon; symptom; characteristic sign (used as proof); evidence

Most common words with 征
Freq.
Word
Meaning

特征

characteristic

象征

emblem

征服

to conquer

征

to invite

征兆

omen

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

惩

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*teŋ

tsyeng

zhēng

to correct; to go on a punitive expedition


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 24.8598% of movies

1366th most common character in movies

739th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Simplified

征

Traditional

征徵

Unicode

U+5F81

Shuowen

“，正行也。从辵，正聲。征，或从彳。”


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