zhèng

(ancient form of 正) the right side

Evolution

㱏 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
㱏 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
㱏 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
㱏 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Definitions

 

zhèng

(ancient form of ) the right side, proper, pure, honest and virtuous, original, exactly

Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Unicode

U+3C4F

Shuowen

“正,是也。从止,一以止。,古文正,从二,二,古上字。,古文正,从一、足,足者,亦止也。”


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