Chinese Character Wiki
政

zhèng

government

Phonosemantic compound. 攵 represents the meaning and 正 represents the sound.

Components
正 sound,meaning component

正  Sound Meaning component

zhèng, zhēng

  

correct

攵 meaning component

攵  Meaning component

pū

  

tap

攵 is a component form of 攴.

Evolution

政 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

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

Bronze script

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

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
政 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
政 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

政  

zhèng

government, political affairs; political; politics; government

Most common words with 政
Freq.
Word
Meaning

政府

government

政治

politics

政策

policy

行政

administrative

财政

financial

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*teŋ-s

tsyengH

zhèng

government


Statistics

HSK level 4

Appears in 40.7817% of movies

728th most common character in movies

150th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Unicode

U+653F

Shuowen

“政，正也。从攴，从正，正亦聲。”


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