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Definition 2024


See also: , , and

Translingual

Traditional
Shinjitai
Simplified

Han character

(radical 60 +5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 竹人一卜一 (HOMYM), four-corner 21211, composition)

References

  • KangXi: page 365, character 37
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10077
  • Dae Jaweon: page 686, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 815, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+5F81

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*rdeːns
*deːns
*deːns
*tjɯŋs
*rtʰeːŋ, *tʰeŋ
*tjeŋ
*tjeŋ
*tjeŋ, *tjeŋs
*tjeŋ
*tjeŋ, *tjeŋs
*tjeŋ
*tjeŋ
*tjeŋʔ
*tjeŋs
*tjeŋs
*teːŋs, *deːŋs
*teːŋs
*teːŋs, *deːŋʔ, *deːŋs
*deːŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *tjeŋ) : semantic  + phonetic  (OC *tjeŋ, *tjeŋs, straight). Also ideogrammic compound (會意) .

Simplified from () as well as existing already as a traditional character.

Etymology 1

From (OC *tjeŋ, *tjeŋs, “straight”); see there for more.

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (23)
Final () (121)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡ɕiᴇŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡ɕiɛŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡ɕiæŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ciajŋ/
Li
Rong
/t͡ɕiɛŋ/
Wang
Li
/t͡ɕĭɛŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡ɕi̯ɛŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
zhēng
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
zhēng
Middle
Chinese
‹ tsyeng ›
Old
Chinese
/*teŋ/
English to correct; to go on a punitive expedition

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 17169
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*tjeŋ/
Notes

Definitions

  1. to go on a long journey
  2. to go on a punitive expedition; to invade; to attack; to conquer

Compounds

  • 出征 (chūzhēng)
  • 力征
  • 北征
  • 南征
  • 南征北伐
  • 南征北戰南征北战
  • 南征北討南征北讨
  • 卜征
  • 孤征
  • 宵征
  • 寓禁於征寓禁于征
  • 專征专征
  • 征人
  • 征伐 (zhēngfá)
  • 征勦征剿
  • 征塵征尘 (zhēngchén)
  • 征夫
  • 征客
  • 征屬征属
  • 征帆
  • 征彸
  • 征戍
  • 征戰征战 (zhēngzhàn)
  • 征收
  • 征斂征敛
  • 征旆
  • 征服 (zhēngfú)
  • 征服者 (zhēngfúzhě)
  • 征服自然
  • 征程
  • 征衣
  • 征衫
  • 征討征讨 (zhēngtǎo)
  • 征途 (zhēngtú)
  • 征馬征马
  • 征駕征驾
  • 御駕親征御驾亲征
  • 急征重斂急征重敛
  • 有征無戰有征无战
  • 東征东征
  • 東征西怨东征西怨
  • 東征西討东征西讨
  • 東討西征东讨西征
  • 橫征暴斂横征暴敛
  • 舉薦征辟举荐征辟
  • 親征亲征 (qīnzhēng)
  • 輸征输征
  • 遄征
  • 遠征远征 (yuǎnzhēng)
  • 遠征軍远征军
  • 長征长征 (chángzhēng)
  • 關征关征
  • 飛征飞征

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of – see .
(This character, , is the simplified form of .)
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. subjugate

Readings


Korean

Hanja

(jeong) (hangeul , revised jeong, McCune-Reischauer chŏng, Yale ceng)

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Vietnamese

Han character

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