Trace Panda
■ radical

zhèng

straight

How it’s built

Pictograph of a foot (止) heading toward a city. Based on the original meaning "go on a military campaign", now written as 征. The meaning later shifted to "power", "rule" (政), and "correct" (正).

iconic

characterless component Depicts a city.

iconic

(foot); stop

Through the ages

Oracle bone script
Bronze script

Appears in

Characters that use as a component, most common first.

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