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Depicts a foot (止) going out towards city walls (丁). 丁 also represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "to attack (an enemy)", now written as 征. The meaning of this character has shifted over time and now means "correct".
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Historical Evolution
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Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
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Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
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Bronze
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
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Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
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Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
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Bronze
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
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Bronze
Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)
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Bronze
Spring and Autumn (771-476 BC)
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Bronze
Late Warring States (~250 BC)
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Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
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Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
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Regular
Modern
Chinese
正 [zhēng]
first month of the lunar year
正 [zhèng]
straight; upright; proper; main; principal; to correct; to rectify; exactly; just (at that time); right (in that place); (math.) positive
Japanese
noun
- (logical) true; regular
- original
- positive; greater than zero
- thesis (in dialectics)
numeric
- 10^40; ten duodecillion
- exactly; precisely (before a number)
- correct; right; true
- greater (of equal court ranks); upper; senior (also じょう)
- director (highest of the four administrative positions of the ritsuryō period); chief
exact; precise
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
正 あきら
Akira given name
正 しょう
Shou surnamegiven name
正 しょうざき
Shouzaki surname
正 しょうじ
Shouji unclassified name
正 じょんちやん
Jonchiyan unclassified name
正 すみたか
Sumitaka unclassified name
正 すみのり
Suminori unclassified name
正 せい
Sei given name
正 せいさく
Seisaku unclassified name
正 せいじ
Seiji unclassified name
正 ただかつ
Tadakatsu unclassified name
正 ただし
Tadashi given name
正 ただす
Tadasu given name
正 つかさ
Tsukasa given name
正 なおし
Naoshi given name
正 のり
Nori given name
正 はじめ
Hajime given name
正 まこと
Makoto female given name
正 まさ
Masa female given namesurname
正 まさかつ
Masakatsu unclassified name
正 まさし
Masashi given name
正 まさじ
Masaji unclassified name
正 まさずみ
Masazumi unclassified name
正 まさつぐ
Masatsugu unclassified name
正 まさむね
Masamune unclassified name
正 まさる
Masaru given name
正 まなか
Manaka female given name
正 もとむ
Motomu given name
CHINESE WORDS (200)
正在 [zhèngzài] #501
just at (that time)
真正 [zhēnzhèng] #472
genuine
正常 [zhèngcháng] #734
regular
正式 [zhèngshì] #1,664
formal
正确 [zhèngquè] #951
correct
正确 [zhèngquè] #951
correct
正是 [zhèngshì] #1,149
(emphasizes that sth is precisely or exactly as stated)
反正 [fǎnzhèng] #1,144
anyway
正好 [zhènghǎo] #1,346
just (in time)
公正 [gōngzhèng] #3,520
just
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JAPANESE WORDS (200)
⭐ 正直 [しょうじき] #714
honest
⭐ 正しい [ただしい] #868
right
⭐ 正確 [せいかく] #1,238
accurate
⭐ 正体 [しょうたい] #1,682
true character
⭐ 正解 [せいかい] #2,142
correct answer
⭐ 正面 [しょうめん] #2,336
front
⭐ 正式 [せいしき] #2,461
formal
⭐ 正義 [せいぎ] #3,511
justice
正面から [しょうめんから] #3,617
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on
正気 [しょうき] #5,072
sanity
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