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徵
简 征 · 徵 · 繁 徵Characters in this entry
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Mandarin tones
1 · zheng1
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
cing4 · zi2 · zing1
Cantonese word readings for 徵. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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character · Etymology 1
- to convene; to assemble
- to collect
- to solicit; to ask for
- to verify; to prove; to demonstrate
- (literary) evidence; proof
- omen; sign; indication; harbinger
- (literary) to inquire; to query
- a surname
character · Etymology 2
- (music) the fourth tone in the ancient Chinese pentatonic scale, comparable to sol in the Western solfège system
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