Read Edit View history Discussion 徵 zhēngzhǐ HSK7 invade Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Originally written as 𱖔, which depicts a knife with tooth-shaped decorations on the back. The components 彳 (walk) and 攵 (tap) were added later to indicate movement and action. Based on the original meaning "to punish". The meaning later shifted to "invade", "to summon" and "to recruit" while its other meaning used as a musical note is a phonetic loan. Pinyin Separate values with commas zhēng ×zhǐ ×chéng × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 征 ×徵 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 徵 × Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint 彳 is a component form of 行. Here used to indicate movement. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 徵 Simp strokes 徵 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Depicts a knife with tooth-shaped decorations on the back. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 徵 Simp strokes 徵 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint 攵 is a component form of 攴. Used here to indicate action. 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