正
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straight; upright; proper; main; principal; to correct; to rectify; exactly; just (at that time); right (in that place); (math.) positive
5 strokes
Dict coverage rank #172 U+6B63
How 正 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A foot 止 stopping in the right place 一
How to remember it
correct · Heisig RSH #387
一 one + footprint
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 正 as their sound component
These characters all use 正 (zhèng) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 正 sound component | zhèng | straight, right, proper, correct, just, true |
| 政 | zhèng | government, politics |
| 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 正
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 中正区 | Zhōng zhèng Qū | Zhongzheng District of Taipei 台北市[Tai2 bei3 Shi4] or Keelung 基隆市[Ji1 long2 Shi4] |
| 正安县 | Zhèng ān Xiàn | Zheng'an, a county in Zunyi City 遵義市|遵义市[Zun1 yi4 Shi4], Guizhou |
| 正电子 | zhèng diàn zǐ | positron (antiparticle of the electron) |
| 不正之风 | bù zhèng zhī fēng | unhealthy tendency |
| 正子 | zhèng zǐ | positron; also called 正電子|正电子[zheng4 dian4 zi3] |
| 正多面体 | zhèng duō miàn tǐ | regular polyhedron |
| 大正 | Dà zhèng | Taishō, Japanese era name, corresponding to the reign (1912-1926) of emperor Yoshihito 嘉仁[… |
| 正人 | zhèng rén | upstanding person; upright person |
| 中正 | Zhōng zhèng | adopted name of Chiang Kai-shek 蔣介石|蒋介石[Jiang3 Jie4 shi2] |
| 中正 | zhōng zhèng | fair and honest |
| 正中 | zhèng zhōng | middle; center; right in the middle or center; nub |
| 正生 | zhèng shēng | starring male role in a Chinese opera |
| 正定县 | Zhèng dìng Xiàn | Zhengding, a county in Shijiazhuang City 石家莊市|石家庄市[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1 Shi4], Hebei |
| 金正日 | Jīn Zhèng rì | Kim Jong-il (1942-2011), Dear Leader of North Korea 1982-2011 |
| 光明正大 | guāng míng zhèng dà | (of a person) honorable; not devious; (of a behavior) fair and aboveboard; without tricks;… |
| 正大光明 | zhèng dà guāng míng | just and honorable |
| 方正县 | Fāng zhèng Xiàn | Fangzheng, a county in Harbin City 哈爾濱市|哈尔滨市[Ha1 er3 bin1 Shi4], Heilongjiang |
| 正阳县 | Zhèng yáng Xiàn | Zhengyang, a county in Zhumadian City 駐馬店市|驻马店市[Zhu4 ma3 dian4 Shi4], Henan |
| 正化 | zhèng huà | normalization; to normalize |
| 重正化 | chóng zhèng huà | to renormalize; renormalization |