证 - Dong Chinese dictionary

zhèng

proof

Phonosemantic compound. 讠 represents the meaning and 正 represents the sound. Simplified form of 證.

Components

讠 Meaning component

yán

speech

讠 is a component form of 言.

正 Sound Meaning component

zhèng, zhēng

correct

The meanings “to correct, make right, rectify” of 正 zhèng indicate the original meaning "to admonish" of 证 zhèng

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Traditional script

Modern

Simplified script

Modern

Definitions

证 (證)

zhèng

proof, evidence; testify, verify; certificate; proof; to prove; to demonstrate; to confirm; variant of 症[zhèng]

证 (証)

zhèng

to admonish; variant of 證|证[zhèng]

Most common words with 证

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	保证	guarantee
	证明	proof
	证据	evidence
	证	proof
	证券	certificate

Statistics

HSK level 3

Appears in 85.8241% of movies

263rd most common character in movies

373rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes	7
Traditional	證
Unicode	U+8BC1

Sources

MTSU Chinese text computing

漢語多功能字庫

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