正 — Chinese character
正
zhèng
straight, right, proper, correct, just, true
- Pinyin
- zhèng
- Radical
- 77 ⽌ (Stop)
- Strokes
- 5
- Components
- 一 止
- Formation
- ideographic — A foot 止 stopping in the right place 一
- Japanese
- 正 as a kanji
Common words with 正
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 正在 | zhèng zài | to be in the process of (doing sth); to be currently ...-ing |
| 真正 | zhēn zhèng | genuine; real; true; really; indeed |
| 正式 | zhèng shì | formal; official |
| 正常 | zhèng cháng | normal; regular |
| 正确 (正確) | zhèng què | correct; sound; right; proper |
| 正是 | zhèng shì | is precisely |
| 正义 (正義) | zhèng yì | justice; righteousness; just; righteous |
| 公正 | gōng zhèng | just; fair; equitable |
| 反正 | fǎn zhèng | anyway; in any case |
| 正面 | zhèng miàn | front; obverse side |
| 正如 | zhèng rú | just as; precisely as |
| 正当 (正當) | zhèng dāng | timely; just (when needed) |
English words written with 正
正 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 7 · Analects 24 · Art of War 8 · I Ching 1 · Mencius 48 · Zhuangzi 62 · Great Learning 11 · Doctrine of the Mean 3
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 8
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 45
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 57
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 58
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 78
- Analects 1.14
- Analects 7.33
- Analects 8.4
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