征 meaning and pronunciation

Simplified/traditional character

征 English definition

zhēng

  • to invite
  • to recruit
  • to levy (taxes)
  • to draft (troops)
  • phenomenon
  • symptom
  • characteristic sign (used as proof)
  • evidence

HSK levels


Characters with the same pronunciation

  • : to strive for; to vie for; to argue or debate; deficient or lacking (dialect); how or what (literary);
  • : 𤰶
  • : excel; lofty;
  • : Japanese variant of 徵|征;
  • : to stare blankly; startled;
  • : to struggle to get free; to strive to acquire; to make (money);
  • : multitudinous; the masses; to present (to sb); to rise; to advance; to progress; archaic variant of 蒸[zheng1];
  • : Fight
  • : hideous; fierce-looking;
  • : to open (one's eyes);
  • : guzheng or long zither; long zither with 13 to 16 strings, developed from guqin 古琴 during Tang and Song times; Japanese koto;
  • : bamboo;
  • : to evaporate; (of cooking) to steam; torch made from hemp stalks or bamboo (old); finely chopped firewood (old);
  • : gong used to halt troops;
  • : clang of metals; small gong;

Words containing 征, by HSK level