郑
used in 鄭重|郑重[zheng4 zhong4]
8 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,063 U+90D1
How 郑 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A city 阝 guarding a pass 关
How to remember it
Zheng · Heisig RSH #2922
golden calf + city walls
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 郑 as their sound component
These characters all use 郑 (zhèng) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 郑 sound component | zhèng | state in today's Henan; surname |
| 掷 | zhì | to throw, to hurl, to fling, to cast |
| 踯 | zhí | to hesitate, to waver; irresolute |
Words containing 郑
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 兰郑长成品油管道 | Lán Zhèng Cháng chéng pǐn yóu guǎn dào | Lanzhou-Zhengzhou-Changsha oil pipeline |
| 兰郑长管道 | Lán Zhèng Cháng guǎn dào | Lanzhou-Zhengzhou-Changsha oil pipeline |
| 郑州大学 | Zhèng zhōu Dà xué | Zhengzhou University |
| 郑重其事 | zhèng zhòng qí shì | serious about the matter |
| 郑人争年 | Zhèng rén zhēng nián | Men of Zheng fighting over their respective ages (idiom); a futile quarrel |
| 南郑区 | Nán zhèng Qū | Nanzheng, a district of Hanzhong City 漢中市|汉中市[Han4 zhong1 Shi4], Shaanxi |
| 新郑市 | Xīn zhèng Shì | Xinzheng, a county-level city in Zhengzhou City 鄭州市|郑州市[Zheng4 zhou1 Shi4], Henan |
| 郑州市 | Zhèng zhōu Shì | Zhengzhou, prefecture-level city and capital of Henan Province 河南省[He2 nan2 Sheng3] |
| 郑易里 | Zhèng Yì lǐ | Zheng Yili (1906-2002), translator, editor and lexicographer, creator of the Zheng coding |
| 郑成功 | Zhèng Chéng gōng | Koxinga (1624-1662), military leader |
| 郑光祖 | Zhèng Guāng zǔ | Zheng Guangzu, Yuan dynasty dramatist in the 雜劇|杂剧 tradition of musical comedy, one of the… |
| 南郑 | Nán zhèng | see 南鄭區|南郑区[Nan2 zheng4 Qu1] |
| 新郑 | Xīn zhèng | see 新鄭市|新郑市[Xin1 zheng4 Shi4] |
| 郑重 | zhèng zhòng | serious; solemn; earnest; conscientious |
| 郑州 | Zhèng zhōu | see 鄭州市|郑州市[Zheng4 zhou1 Shi4] |
| 林郑 | Lín Zhèng | Carrie Lam (1957-), chief executive of Hong Kong 2017-, full name 林鄭月娥|林郑月娥[Lin2 Zheng4 Yu… |
| 郑和 | Zhèng Hé | Zheng He (1371-1433), famous early Ming dynasty admiral and explorer |
| 郑声 | Zhèng shēng | folk music of the state of Zheng 鄭|郑[Zheng4]; lascivious, decadent music |
| 雅郑 | yǎ zhèng | court music and vulgar music (i.e. 雅樂|雅乐[ya3 yue4], music of the court, and 鄭聲|郑声[Zheng4 s… |
| 郑梦准 | Zhèng Mèng zhǔn | Chung Mongjoon (1951-), Korean magnate and the founder of Hyundai 現代|现代[Xian4 dai4] |