証
証 — jeong
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 간할 정
- Romanization
- jeong
- English
- prove, confirm, verify; proof
- Mandarin
- zhèng
- Japanese on'yomi
- ショウ, セイ
- Japanese kun'yomi
- あかし
- Japanese usage
- Jōyō kanji
- School grade
- Grade 5
- Newspaper frequency
- #306 of 2,500
- Strokes
- 12
- Variant forms
- 證
- Radical
- 言 (149, 5 residual)
- Phonetic component
- 正
- Unicode
- U+8A3C
Parts that make up 証
How 証 was formed
Traditional analysis treats 証 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 言, 正.
Japanese words with 証
- 証券しょうけん bond; bill; certificate
- 証人しょうにん witness
- 保証ほしょう guarantee; security; assurance
- 証言しょうげん testimony; (verbal) evidence
- 証拠しょうこ evidence; proof
- 証明しょうめい proof; testimony; demonstration
- 有価証券ゆうかしょうけん marketable securities; stocks and bonds
- 証書しょうしょ document (of proof); certificate; paper
- 検証けんしょう verification; confirmation; substantiation
- 東京証券取引所とうきょうしょうけんとりひきじょ Tokyo Stock Exchange; TSE
- 立証りっしょう establishing proof; demonstration; substantiation
- 査証さしょう visa; endorsing (e.g. a passport); stamping
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 言
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