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Pictophonetic-Reclarified 形声-R

征: invade; journey | to recruit | 4th note in a pentatonic scale

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征 zhēng

noun | verb
: journey; trip; expedition
: to go on long campaign; to attack

徵 [征] zhēng

noun | verb
: to invite; to recruit
: to levy (taxes)
: to draft (troops)
: phenomenon; symptom
: characteristic sign (used as proof); evidence

徵 [征] zhǐ


: 4th note in pentatonic scale 五音, roughly sol

Kun Reading

征く | ゆく yuku

godan verb with ku ending
: to conquer; to subjugate

徴 | しるし shirushi

noun
: sign; indication; omen

徴す | しるす shirusu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to show a sign (i.e. an omen)

徴する | ちょうする chousuru

suru verb – special class | transitive verb
: to collect
: to solicit; to seek
: to look for evidence; to check; to compare
: to summon

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せい sei

徴 | ち chi

noun
: fourth degree (of the Japanese & Chinese pentatonic scale)

ちょう chou

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作: to do; make

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作 zuò

(动) verb
: to do, make; grow; to write; to pretend; to feel

Kun Reading

作る | つくる tsukuru

godan verb with ru ending | transitive verb
: to make; produce; manufacture; build; construct;
: to prepare (food); brew (alcohol)
: to raise; grow; cultivate; train
: to till
: to draw up (a document); prepare; write
: to create (an artistic work, etc.); compose
: to coin (a phrase); organize; establish; found
: to have (a child)
: to make up (one’s face, etc.)
: to fabricate (an excuse, etc.)
: to form (a line, etc.)
: to set (a record)
: to commit (a sin, etc.)

作り | つくり tsukuri

noun
: making; producing; building; appearance

お作り otsukuri
make-up; sashimi

作り | づくり zukuri

suffix
: making; forming; cultivating; growing
: form; appearance

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作 | さく saku

noun
: a work; harvest

さ sa

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