征

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See also: 徴, 徵, and 従
征 U+5F81, 征
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F81
← 往
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 徂 →

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

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

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
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. * 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

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:

References

Japanese

Kanji

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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