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zhēng
HSK 7freq #6191

Meanings

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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
zhǐ
  1. 1.4th note in the ancient Chinese pentatonic scale 五音[wǔ yīn], corresponding to sol

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.to convene; to assemble
  2. 2.to collect
  3. 3.to solicit; to ask for
  4. 4.to inquire; to query
  5. 5.to verify; to prove
  6. 6.evidence
  7. 7.phenomenon; symptom
  8. 8.a surname
  9. 9.the fourth tone in the ancient Chinese pentatonic scale, comparable to sol in the Western solfège system

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Etymology

Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 彳 (“movement”) + 𭖒 (“knife”) + 攵 (“to strike”) – originally meaning punishment. Originally written as 𭖒 in oracle bone script; pictogram (象形) of a knife with tooth-shaped protrusions on the back. Variants which added 止 (“foot”) were common. In bronze inscriptions, 彳 was often added to the character as well. In bamboo slips, 止 was replaced with 攵, arriving at the modern form. Related to 證 (OC *tjɯŋs).

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