漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
徴: indications, sign
Also: omen, symptom, collect, seek, refer to, question
JLPT N114 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
彳 carries the meaning · 山, 王 and 攵 are drawn in
14 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
チョウchou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 特徴とくちょうfeature; trait; characteristic
- 象徴しょうちょうsymbol (of something abstract); emblem
- 追徴ついちょうsupplementary charge; additional collection
- 徴収ちょうしゅうcollection (of fees, taxes, etc.); levy
- 徴兵ちょうへい
- 徴候ちょうこうsign; indication; omen
- 象徴的しょうちょうてきsymbolic; symbolical
- 課徴金かちょうきんcharges (i.e. fees)
Also read チ, しるし, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Take the first step on your journey! These three quick strokes show the left side of a bustling street or a person taking a brisk step forward.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side徴 indications · 王
vs微 delicate · 兀In ChineseSimplified 征 · traditional 徵 · zhēng
Three different forms: Japanese 徴, simplified 征, traditional 徵.
- Simplified
- 征 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 徵 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin zhēng most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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