Kanji Detail for 征 - "conquer, journey, expedition"

征

Jōyō Kanji

JLPT N1

Meaning
征 means "conquer, journey, expedition."
1. To go - To travel far; to journey.
2. To conquer - To defeat enemies or wrongdoers.
3. To take - To seize; to collect; to levy.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

subjugate; attack the rebellious; collect taxes

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

invade, attack, conquer

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

journey; trip; expedition; to go on long campaign; to attack

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

to summon, to recruit; levy, tax; journey; invasion

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

To travel. Du Fu has "Northern Journey" poems, composed on the way from Fengxiang to Fuzhou. Fuzhou is northeast of Fengxiang. | To punish by military force. Superiors punishing inferiors is 征, meaning using troops to correct their wrongs. | To levy. Such as 征賦, 征稅. Ancient levies on the people included cloth and thread levy, grain levy, and labor levy. See (Mencius).
Onyomi

sei(せい)
Kunyomi

to.ru(とる)

u.tsu(うつ)

yu.ku(ゆく)
Strokes

8 strokes
Radical

彳 (gyonimben)
Related Keywords
conquer expedition campaign journey travel march crusade subjugate subdue overcome defeat vanquish levy tax collect go advance venture quest