郑

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used in 鄭重|郑重[zheng4 zhong4]

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HSK 3.0: Level 7–9
Old HSK: Level 6
Strokes: 8
Radical: 邑 +6
Structure: Left–right 左右
Traditional: 郑
Common rank: #2,063
Unicode: U+90D1

Formation & memory

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How 郑 is formed

Ideographic compound (会意字)

A city 阝 guarding a pass 关

Components 关阝

How to remember it

Zheng · Heisig RSH #2922

golden calf + city walls

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 郑

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
兰郑长成品油管道	Lán Zhèng Cháng chéng pǐn yóu guǎn dào	Lanzhou-Zhengzhou-Changsha oil pipeline
兰郑长管道	Lán Zhèng Cháng guǎn dào	Lanzhou-Zhengzhou-Changsha oil pipeline
郑州大学	Zhèng zhōu Dà xué	Zhengzhou University
郑重其事	zhèng zhòng qí shì	serious about the matter
郑人争年	Zhèng rén zhēng nián	Men of Zheng fighting over their respective ages (idiom); a futile quarrel
南郑区	Nán zhèng Qū	Nanzheng, a district of Hanzhong City 漢中市\|汉中市[Han4 zhong1 Shi4], Shaanxi
新郑市	Xīn zhèng Shì	Xinzheng, a county-level city in Zhengzhou City 鄭州市\|郑州市[Zheng4 zhou1 Shi4], Henan
郑州市	Zhèng zhōu Shì	Zhengzhou, prefecture-level city and capital of Henan Province 河南省[He2 nan2 Sheng3]
郑易里	Zhèng Yì lǐ	Zheng Yili (1906-2002), translator, editor and lexicographer, creator of the Zheng coding
郑成功	Zhèng Chéng gōng	Koxinga (1624-1662), military leader
郑光祖	Zhèng Guāng zǔ	Zheng Guangzu, Yuan dynasty dramatist in the 雜劇\|杂剧 tradition of musical comedy, one of the…
南郑	Nán zhèng	see 南鄭區\|南郑区[Nan2 zheng4 Qu1]
新郑	Xīn zhèng	see 新鄭市\|新郑市[Xin1 zheng4 Shi4]
郑重	zhèng zhòng	serious; solemn; earnest; conscientious
郑州	Zhèng zhōu	see 鄭州市\|郑州市[Zheng4 zhou1 Shi4]
林郑	Lín Zhèng	Carrie Lam (1957-), chief executive of Hong Kong 2017-, full name 林鄭月娥\|林郑月娥[Lin2 Zheng4 Yu…
郑和	Zhèng Hé	Zheng He (1371-1433), famous early Ming dynasty admiral and explorer
郑声	Zhèng shēng	folk music of the state of Zheng 鄭\|郑[Zheng4]; lascivious, decadent music
雅郑	yǎ zhèng	court music and vulgar music (i.e. 雅樂\|雅乐[ya3 yue4], music of the court, and 鄭聲\|郑声[Zheng4 s…
郑梦准	Zhèng Mèng zhǔn	Chung Mongjoon (1951-), Korean magnate and the founder of Hyundai 現代\|现代[Xian4 dai4]

Sound family

These characters use 郑 as their sound component — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
郑 sound part	zhèng	state in today's Henan; surname
掷	zhì	to throw, to hurl, to fling, to cast
踯	zhí	to hesitate, to waver; irresolute