征

See also: 徴 and 徵

Translingual

Traditional	徵
Shinjitai	徴
Simplified	征

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *tjeŋ): semantic 彳 + phonetic 正 ‎(OC *tjeŋ, *tjeŋs)

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

Han character

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

1. invade, attack, conquer
2. (simplified) summon, recruit

See also

• 従

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

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhēng (zheng¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄥ

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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄥ
    • Wade-Giles: chêng¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeng
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zing¹
    • Yale: jīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzing¹
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: teng
    • Tâi-lô: ting
    • Phofsit Daibuun: defng
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɪŋ⁴⁴/

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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

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Compounds

• 征伐 (zhēngfá)
• 征戰／征战

• 征服 (zhēngfú)
• 征程

• 征討／征讨 (zhēngtǎo)
• 征途

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 征 – see 徵. (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)

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Readings

• On: せい (sei)
• Kun: うつ (utsu), ゆく (yuku), とる (toru)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

• Hán Việt: chinh

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