徵

徵 (Kangxi radical 60, 彳+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 竹人山土大 (HOUGK), four-corner 2824₀, composition ⿲彳⿳山一𡈼攵 or ⿲彳⿳山一壬攵)

• 懲 癥

• 微 徹

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 370, character 41
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10239
• Dae Jaweon: page 697, character 27
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 842, character 7
• Unihan data for U+5FB5

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).

徵

1. to convene; to assemble

   徵兵／征兵  ―  zhēngbīng  ―  to conscript; to draft

2. to collect

   徵稅／征税  ―  zhēngshuì  ―  to levy tax; to collect tax

3. to solicit; to ask for

   徵文／征文  ―  zhēngwén  ―  to solicit articles or essays

4. to inquire; to query
5. to verify; to prove
6. (literary) evidence
7. phenomenon; symptom
8. a surname

• 症 (zhèng, “symptom”)

徵

1. (music) the fourth tone in the ancient Chinese pentatonic scale, comparable to sol in the Western solfège system

   • 徵者，止也，陽氣止；……。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     征者，止也，阳气止；……。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Ban Gu, The Comprehensive Discussions in the White Tiger Hall, 79 CE, translated based on Tjan Tjoe Som's version

     Zhǐ zhě, zhǐ yě, yángqì zhǐ;....... [Pinyin]

     Zhǐ means zhǐ ‘to stop’; the yang-fluid has stopped; [...].

• (Chinese pentatonic scale) 宮／宫 (gōng), 商 (shāng), 角, 徵／征, 羽

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 徴)

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• On (unclassified): ちょう (chō); ち (chi)
• Kun: しるし (shirushi, 徵); めす (mesu, 徵す)

徵 • (jing, chi) (hangeul 징, 치, revised jing, chi, McCune–Reischauer ching, ch'i, Yale cing, chi)

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徵: Hán Nôm readings: trưng, chưng, chủy/chuỷ, rưng, trâng

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