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征
徵
zhēng
1. to invite
2. to recruit
3. to levy (taxes)
4. to draft (troops)
5. phenomenon
6. symptom
7. characteristic sign (used as proof)
8. evidence
Common • Top 6% ✏️ 8 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

征
zhēng
to summon, to recruit; levy, tax; journey; invasion
HSK 5 8 丶

Compound Words (20)

仪征
Yízhēng
Yizheng county level city in Yangzhou [[揚州|扬州<Yángzhōu>]], Jiangsu
出征
chūzhēng
to go into battle
力征
lìzhēng
by force
北征
běizhēng
punitive expedition to the north
南征
nánzhēng
punitive expedition to the south
卜征
bǔzhēng
to ask oracle for war forecast
孤征
gūzhēng
to act on one's own
宵征
xiāozhēng
night journey
专征
zhuānzhēng
to go on a personal punitive expedition
引征
yǐnzhēng
quotation
强征
qiǎngzhēng
to press into service
征人
zhēngrén
traveler (on a long journey)
征伐
zhēngfá
to go on or send a punitive expedition
征剿
zhēngjiǎo
to mount a punitive expedition against bandits
征地
zhēngdì
to requisition land
征尘
zhēngchén
the dust of a long journey
征夫
zhēngfū
traveler
征帆
zhēngfān
expedition ship
征彸
zhēngzhōng
scared
征得
zhēngdé
to seek approval

Alternate Entries

征
zhēng
journey / trip / expedition / to go on long campaign / to attack

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
738
Word Frequency Rank
5,123 of 84,292

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