zhèng

proof

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
讠 meaning component

  Meaning component

yán

  

speech

is a component form of .

正 sound,meaning component

  Sound Meaning component

zhèngzhēng

  

correct

The meanings “to correct, make right, rectify” of zhèng indicate the original meaning "to admonish" of zhèng

Evolution

证 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
证 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
证 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
证 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
证 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

zhèng

proof, evidence; testify, verify; certificate; proof; to prove; to demonstrate; to confirm; variant of [zhèng]

() 

zhèng

to admonish; variant of |[zhèng]

Most common words with 证
Freq.
Word
Meaning

保证

guarantee

证明

proof

证据

evidence

proof

证券

certificate

Statistics

HSK level 3

Appears in 85.8241% of movies

263rd most common character in movies

373rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

7

Traditional

Unicode

U+8BC1


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