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Kanji Detail for 征 - "to conquer"

征

  • Meaning

    征 means "to conquer." Also associated with to go, to take.

    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.

  • Words using 征

    • 遠征 えんせい Listen (military) expedition; campaign; expedition (for exploration, research, etc.)
    • 征服 せいふく Listen conquest; subjugation; overcoming (a difficulty)

  • Four-character idioms with 征

    • 南征北伐 なんせいほくばつ Listen attacking in all directions

  • Tattoo check: 征

    • Verified meaning: to conquer
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read いさお, すすむ, せい, せいじ)
    • Also carries these associations: to go, to take

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 征

    Given names 征(いさお)Listen 征(すすむ)Listen 征(せい)Listen 征(ただし)Listen 征(まさし)Listen

    Surnames 征(せいじ)Listen 征(まさかつ)Listen 征(やく)Listen

  • 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

    tip

    sei(セイ) セイ

  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    8 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    彳 (gyonimben)

  • Related Keywords

    to go to conquer to take to subjugate expedition campaign crusade invade march overcome subdue suppress subjugation

Sentences including 征

  • He conquered Mt. Everest.

  • He was the leader of the great expedition.

  • The city was conquered, and he was driven out.

  • Who was the leader of the expedition?

  • This is what is called the Norman Conquest.

  • They extended their territory by conquest.

  • We encountered a lot of difficulties on the expedition.

  • We cannot subdue nature.

  • My wish is to conquer this mountain.

  • He was a member of the expedition which climbed Mount Everest.

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