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

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, mainstream 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
• 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 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)

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

• Hán Việt: chinh

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