郑 - Dong Chinese dictionary

This information for this character has not been manually reviewed and may not be accurate.

zhèng

state in today's Henan

Simplified form of 鄭. Phonosemantic compound. ⻏ represents the meaning and 奠 represents the sound.

Components

⻏ Meaning component

yì

city

⻏ is a component form of 邑.

guān

to close

Shorthand for the 奠 component in the traditional character 鄭.

Evolution

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Traditional script

Modern

Simplified script

Modern

Definitions

zhèng

state in today's Henan; surname

Zhèng

Zheng state during the Warring States period; surname Zheng; abbr. for 鄭州|郑州[Zhèngzhōu]

Most common words with 郑

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	郑	surname Zheng
	郑重	serious
	郑州	Zhengzhou prefecture level city and capital of Henan Province in central China
	郑州市	Zhengzhou prefecture level city and capital of Henan Province in central China
	郑重其事	serious about the matter