征

征

See also: 徴, 徵, and 従

征 U+5F81, 征 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F81 ← 往 [U+5F80] CJK Unified Ideographs 徂 → [U+5F82]

Translingual

Traditional	徵
Shinjitai	徴
Simplified	征/徵

Han character

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

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

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		征

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (正) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
綻	*rdeːns
淀	*deːns
靛	*deːns
症	*tjɯŋs
竀	*rtʰeːŋ, *tʰeŋ
征	*tjeŋ
怔	*tjeŋ
正	*tjeŋ, *tjeŋs
鉦	*tjeŋ
鴊	*tjeŋ, *tjeŋs
眐	*tjeŋ
佂	*tjeŋ
整	*tjeŋʔ
政	*tjeŋs
証	*tjeŋs
定	*teːŋs, *deːŋs
顁	*teːŋs
錠	*teːŋs, *deːŋʔ, *deːŋs
掟	*deːŋs

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

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

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhēng (zheng¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zing¹
• Min Nan (POJ): cheng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄥ
    • Wade–Giles: chêng¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeng
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zing¹
    • Yale: jīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: jing¹
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng
    • Tâi-lô: tsing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zefng
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiɪŋ³³/

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• Middle Chinese: /t͡ɕiᴇŋ/▼

Rime
Character	征
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	清 (121)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	諸盈切
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

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*teŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*tjeŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	征
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	征
Reading #	1/1
No.	17169
Phonetic component	正
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	征
Old Chinese	/*tjeŋ/
Notes	正轉註字

Definitions

征

1. to go on a long journey
2. to go on a punitive expedition; to invade; to attack; to conquer
3. (go) ladder

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 (zhēngfū) 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 (yùjiàqīnzhēng) 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 征 – see 徵 (“to summon; to recruit; to inquire; etc.”). (This character, 征, is the simplified form of 徵.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

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Japanese

Kanji

征

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. subjugate

Readings

• On (unclassified): せい (sei, Jōyō)
• Kun: ゆく (yuku, 征く); うつ (utsu, 征つ); とる (toru, 征る)

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Korean

Hanja

征 (eum 정 (jeong))

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Vietnamese

Han character

征: Hán Nôm readings: chinh

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