Hanja Analyzer
征

征 — jeong

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
칠 정
Romanization
jeong
English
invade, attack, conquer
Mandarin
zhēng
Japanese on'yomi
セイ, ショウ
Japanese kun'yomi
うつ たいらげる ゆく
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#1,578 of 2,500
Strokes
8
Radical
彳 (60, 5 residual)
Phonetic component
正
Unicode
U+5F81

Parts that make up 征

  • 彳 네거리의 왼쪽 절반길을 가는 일
  • 正 바를 정sound 성을 향해 곧게 가는 발바르고 곧은 것. ‘정’ 계열의 소리

How 征 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 征 as a ideographic compound involving 彳, 正.

Korean example words with 征

  • 친정親征 Korean gloss: 임금이 몸소 나아가 정벌함
  • 출정出征 Korean gloss: 군에 입대하여 싸움터에 나감
  • 북정北征 Korean gloss: 무력으로 북쪽 지방을 치는 일
  • 동정하다東征 Korean gloss: 동방을 정벌하다. 또는 동으로 원정하다
  • 정벌하다征伐 Korean gloss: 적 또는 죄 있는 무리를 무력으로써 치다
  • 정토하다征討 Korean gloss: 적 또는 죄 있는 무리를 무력으로써 치다
  • 정복되다征服 Korean gloss: 남의 나라나 이민족 따위에 정벌되어 복종당하다
  • 원정하다遠征 Korean gloss: 연구, 탐험, 조사 따위를 위하여 먼 곳으로 떠나다
  • 피정복被征服 Korean gloss: 정복을 당함
  • 출정군出征軍 Korean gloss: 출정하는 군대
  • 원정대遠征隊 Korean gloss: 원정을 갈 목적으로 조직된 무리
  • 정벌군征伐軍 Korean gloss: 적 또는 죄 있는 무리를 치는 군대

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 征

  • 遠征えんせい (military) expedition; campaign; expedition (for exploration, research, etc.)
  • 征服せいふく conquest; subjugation; overcoming (a difficulty)
  • 長征ちょうせい lengthy military expedition; Long March (China, 1934-1936); Long March (series of Chinese launch vehicles)
  • 出征しゅっせい going to war; departure for the front; departure for military service (in response to a draft)
  • 征シチョウ ladder
  • 外征がいせい foreign campaign
  • 再征さいせい second punitive expedition
  • 征伐せいばつ conquest; subjugation; overcoming
  • 東征とうせい eastern expedition; military campaign to the east
  • 征矢そや arrow (for use in battle)
  • 征討せいとう subjugation; conquest
  • 征夷せいい defeating barbarians (esp. the Emishi); conquering barbarians

Characters sharing the phonetic 正

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “정”

Other hanja with radical 彳

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