证

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to admonish; variant of 證|证[zheng4]

Formation & memory

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

To speak 讠 the truth 正; 正 also provides the pronunciation

Components 讠正

evidence · Heisig RSH #388

words + 正 correct

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
学生证	xué sheng zhèng	student identity card
出生证明	chū shēng zhèng míng	birth certificate; CL:張\|张[zhang1]
出生证明书	chū shēng zhèng míng shū	birth certificate; CL:張\|张[zhang1]
公证人	gōng zhèng rén	notary; actuary
出生证	chū shēng zhèng	birth certificate; CL:張\|张[zhang1]
通行证	tōng xíng zhèng	a pass (authority to enter); a laissez-passer or safe conduct
证明力	zhèng míng lì	probative value; strength of evidence in legal proof; relevance
死无对证	sǐ wú duì zhèng	the dead cannot testify (idiom); dead men tell no tales
人证	rén zhèng	witness testimony
证人	zhèng rén	witness
工作证	gōng zuò zhèng	employee identification card; work permit
实证主义	shí zhèng zhǔ yì	positivism; empiricism
反证法	fǎn zhèng fǎ	reductio ad absurdum
保证人	bǎo zhèng rén	guarantor; bailor
见证人	jiàn zhèng rén	eyewitness (to an incident); witness (to a legal transaction)
身分证	shēn fèn zhèng	variant of 身份證\|身份证[shen1 fen4 zheng4]
合格证	hé gé zhèng	certificate of conformity
人证物证	rén zhèng wù zhèng	human testimony and material evidence
学位证书	xué wèi zhèng shū	diploma (for a degree); degree certificate
作证能力	zuò zhèng néng lì	competence