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

Japanese	征 徴
Simplified	征 徵
Traditional	征 徵

Han character

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

Derived characters

• 𣔥, 𱳂, 𨨨, 𩸵, 𦲵, 𫤎, 𱱗, 惩

References

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

Chinese

simp. and trad.		征
alternative forms		徰 ancient

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 / 形声, OC *tjeŋ): semantic 彳 + phonetic 正 (OC *tjeŋ, *tjeŋs, “straight”). Also ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意).

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
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chṳ̂n

  (Meixian, Guangdong): zen¹

• Eastern Min (BUC): cĭng
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zing¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): cheng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zêng¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jheng
    • Wade–Giles: chêng¹
    • Yale: jēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeng
    • Palladius: чжэн (čžɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zing¹
    • Yale: jīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: jing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ̂n
    • Hakka Romanization System: ziin^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zin¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨn²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: zen¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sən⁴⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: cĭng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siŋ⁵⁵/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: zing¹
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: cing
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siŋ⁵³³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: zing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siŋ⁵⁴⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng
    • Tâi-lô: tsing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zefng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zêng¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tseng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡seŋ³³/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyeng

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
Baxter	tsyeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕiᴇŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕiɛŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕiæŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ciajŋ/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiɛŋ/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭɛŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯ɛŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhēng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zing1

• 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 (lìzhēng)
• 北征
• 南征
• 南征北伐
• 南征北戰 (nánzhēngběizhàn)
• 南征北討
• 卜征
• 孤征
• 宵征
• 寓禁於征
• 專征
• 征人
• 征伐 (zhēngfá)
• 征勦
• 征塵 / 征尘 (zhēngchén)
• 征夫 (zhēngfū)
• 征客
• 征屬
• 征帆 (zhēngfān)
• 征彸 (zhēngzhōng)
• 征戍
• 征戰 / 征战 (zhēngzhàn)
• 征收 (zhēngshōu)
• 征斂
• 征旆
• 征服 (zhēngfú)
• 征服者 (zhēngfúzhě)
• 征服自然
• 征營
• 征程 (zhēngchéng)
• 征衣
• 征衫
• 征討 / 征讨 (zhēngtǎo)
• 征軒
• 征途 (zhēngtú)
• 征馬
• 征駕
• 御駕親征 / 御驾亲征 (yùjiàqīnzhēng)
• 急征重斂
• 有征無戰 / 有征无战
• 東征
• 東征西怨
• 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
• 親征 / 亲征 (qīnzhēng)
• 輸征
• 遄征
• 遠征軍 / 远征军
• 遠征 / 远征 (yuǎnzhēng)
• 長征 / 长征 (chángzhēng)
• 關征
• 飛征

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 征 – see 徵 (“to convene; to assemble; to collect; etc.”). (This character is the simplified form of 徵).

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

References

• “征”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long]; 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu]; 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying]; 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019), “征”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 262.

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 征

征

(Jōyō kanji)

1. subjugate

Readings

• Go-on: しょう (shō)^{←しやう (syau, historical)}
• Kan-on: せい (sei, Jōyō)
• Kun: ゆく (yuku, 征く)、うつ (utsu, 征つ)、とる (toru, 征る)

Korean

Hanja

征 (eum 정 (jeong))

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Vietnamese

Han character

征: Hán Nôm readings: chinh

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