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Kanji Detail for 徵 - "summon, sign, manifest"
徵
- Meaning
徵 means "summon, sign, manifest."
Summon - To call forth; to request presence.
Levy - To collect; to demand and gather.
Sign - An indication; evidence or proof.
Omen - A portent; a sign of things to come.
Manifest - To become apparent; to reveal clearly.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
summon; recruit; musical note
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
summon, recruit; musical note
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
to invite; to recruit; to levy (taxes); to draft (troops); phenomenon; symptom; characteristic sign (used as proof); evidence
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 summon. Summoning and gathering is also 徵集. Conscripting soldiers by age is 徵兵, as opposed to volunteer recruitment. Also, in old times, the state courteously summoning the worthy was 徵辟. Those summoned were called 徵君. | Evidence. (Analects) "Qi is insufficient for evidence." Now also, signs of longevity are called 壽徵. | To complete. In marriage rites, presenting betrothal gifts was anciently called 納徵, meaning presenting gifts to complete the marriage. See (Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial). | To levy. Such as 徵賦, 徵稅. Interchangeable with 征. | One of the five notes. The five notes are: 宮, 商, 角, 徵, 羽.
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