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zhēng
HSK 7freq #6191

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zhēng
  1. 1.journey
  2. 2.trip
  3. 3.expedition
  4. 4.to go on long campaign
  5. 5.to attack
zhēng
  1. 1.to invite
  2. 2.to recruit
  3. 3.to levy (taxes)
  4. 4.to draft (troops)
  5. 5.phenomenon
  6. 6.symptom
  7. 7.characteristic sign (used as proof)
  8. 8.evidence

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.to go on a long journey
  2. 2.to go on a punitive expedition; to invade; to attack; to conquer
  3. 3.ladder

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Etymology

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. From 正 (OC *tjeŋ, *tjeŋs, “straight”); see there for more.

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