政
political; politics; government
9 strokes
Dict coverage rank #265 U+653F
How 政 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
攵 (semantic, “script”) + 正 (phonetic, zhèng)
How to remember it
politics · Heisig RSH #389
正 correct + taskmaster
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 正
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 正 (zhèng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 正 sound component | zhèng | straight, right, proper, correct, just, true |
| 症 | zhèng | ailment, disease, illness |
| 征 | zhēng | to summon, to recruit; levy, tax; journey; invasion |
| 整 | zhěng | neat, orderly, whole; to repair, to mend |
| 怔 | zhēng | frightened, startled, terrified |
| 罡 | gāng | the stars at the end of the Big Dipper |
| 徵 | zhǐ | to summon, to recruit; levy, tax; journey; invasion |
| 钲 | zhēng | an army's marching gong |
Words containing 政
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 中国政法大学 | Zhōng guó Zhèng fǎ Dà xué | China University of Political Science and Law, located in Beijing |
| 家政学 | jiā zhèng xué | family and consumer science |
| 行政区 | xíng zhèng qū | administrative district |
| 行政法 | xíng zhèng fǎ | administrative law |
| 政治人物 | zhèng zhì rén wù | political figure; politician; statesman |
| 治国理政 | zhì guó lǐ zhèng | to manage state affairs; to govern the country |
| 行政机关 | xíng zhèng jī guān | administrative authority; branch of government |
| 行政管理 | xíng zhèng guǎn lǐ | administration; administrative management |
| 政教合一 | zhèng jiào hé yī | union of religious and political rule; theocracy; Caesaropapism |
| 政通人和 | zhèng tōng rén hé | efficient government, people at peace (idiom); all is well with the state and the people |
| 政区 | zhèng qū | administrative division |
| 国政 | guó zhèng | national politics; archaic rank, "Minister of State"; common given name |
| 市政 | shì zhèng | municipal administration |
| 政治学 | zhèng zhì xué | politics; political science |
| 家政 | jiā zhèng | housekeeping |
| 和政县 | Hé zhèng Xiàn | Hezheng, a county in Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture 臨夏回族自治州|临夏回族自治州[Lin2 xia4 Hui2 zu2 Z… |
| 政和县 | Zhèng hé Xiàn | Zhenghe, a county in Nanping City 南平市[Nan2 ping2 Shi4], Fujian |
| 政治性 | zhèng zhì xìng | political |
| 政治家 | zhèng zhì jiā | statesman; politician; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2] |
| 民主政治 | mín zhǔ zhèng zhì | democracy (as a system of government) |