政

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political; politics; government

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

攵 meaning “script” + 正 sound ( zhèng )

Components 正攵

politics · Heisig RSH #389

正 correct + taskmaster

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
中国政法大学	Zhōng guó Zhèng fǎ Dà xué	China University of Political Science and Law, located in Beijing
家政学	jiā zhèng xué	family and consumer science
行政区	xíng zhèng qū	administrative district
行政法	xíng zhèng fǎ	administrative law
政治人物	zhèng zhì rén wù	political figure; politician; statesman
治国理政	zhì guó lǐ zhèng	to manage state affairs; to govern the country
行政机关	xíng zhèng jī guān	administrative authority; branch of government
行政管理	xíng zhèng guǎn lǐ	administration; administrative management
政教合一	zhèng jiào hé yī	union of religious and political rule; theocracy; Caesaropapism
政通人和	zhèng tōng rén hé	efficient government, people at peace (idiom); all is well with the state and the people
政区	zhèng qū	administrative division
国政	guó zhèng	national politics; archaic rank, "Minister of State"; common given name
市政	shì zhèng	municipal administration
政治学	zhèng zhì xué	politics; political science
家政	jiā zhèng	housekeeping
和政县	Hé zhèng Xiàn	Hezheng, a county in Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture 臨夏回族自治州\|临夏回族自治州[Lin2 xia4 Hui2 zu2 Z…
政和县	Zhèng hé Xiàn	Zhenghe, a county in Nanping City 南平市[Nan2 ping2 Shi4], Fujian
政治性	zhèng zhì xìng	political
政治家	zhèng zhì jiā	statesman; politician; CL:個\|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
民主政治	mín zhǔ zhèng zhì	democracy (as a system of government)

Characters sharing the sound component 正 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
正 sound part	zhèng	straight, right, proper, correct, just, true
症	zhèng	ailment, disease, illness
征	zhēng	to summon, to recruit; levy, tax; journey; invasion
整	zhěng	neat, orderly, whole; to repair, to mend
怔	zhēng	frightened, startled, terrified
罡	gāng	the stars at the end of the Big Dipper
徵	zhǐ	to summon, to recruit; levy, tax; journey; invasion
钲	zhēng	an army's marching gong