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CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- zheng1
- English meanings
- levy, impose, collect, solicit, call-up, ask for, draft, enrollenrol
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Left–right structure
Left–right arrangement: left 彳; right 正.
Meaning & sound clues
彳 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “step”.
正 is identified as the sound component (zhèng). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 征.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
vie
save; rescue
see 掙扎|挣扎[zheng1 zha2]
earn; struggle free
government; politics
exact
precisely
disease; symptom
open
zither; kite
to evaporate
proof
serious; surname Zheng
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Related words
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- 征收
- 征服
- 征求
- 征集
- 特征
- 象征
- 长征