Memory phrase for the character: 征

征

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Meaning

campaign, impose (taxes), expedition, evidence

Pronunciation

 zhēng

Explanation

 Left: go 彳, right: correct 正 (To stop 止 at the line 一 is correct.)

Mnemonic
 
To "go ahead correctly", that's how to make a campaign or expedition.

Radicals

彳 stepA simplified variant of “to go 行” with the same meaning.
正 correctRadical 103 疋 stands for clothing or bales of cloth. In the Hanzi-Trainer, it is used synonymously with the correct 正, because it seems helpful for the explanations and the interpretation clothing/cloth bale would be in conflict with other radicals.
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 Vocabulary

特征 tè zhēng  characteristic; diagnostic property; distinctive feature; trait
征收 zhēng shōu  to levy (a fine); to impose (a tariff)
征服 zhēng fú  to conquer; to subdue; to vanquish
长征 cháng zhēng  expedition; long march; the Communist Long March (1934-1935)
征询 zhēng xún  to consult; to query; to solicit opinion
陆征祥 Lù Zhēng xiáng  Lu Zhengxiang (1871-1949), Chinese diplomat and Catholic monk
征兆 zhēng zhào  omen; sign (that sth is about to happen); warning sign
横征暴敛 héng zhēng bào liǎn  to tax by force and extort levies (idiom); to screw taxes out of the people by force
横征暴敛 héng zhēng bào liǎn  

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