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鄭

简郑 · 繁鄭

Mandarin · pinyin zhèng#

used in 鄭重 zhèng zhòng

Mandarin · pinyin Zhèng#

Zheng, a Zhou-dynasty state in the vicinity of present-day Xinzheng 新鄭 Xīn zhèng, a county-level city in Henan
abbr. for Zhengzhou 鄭州 Zhèng zhōu, the capital of Henan
surname Zheng

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鄭: Look up this written character
郑: zhèng · state in today's Henan; surname

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4 · zheng4

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zeng6 · zing6

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(historical) Zheng (a former state in modern-day Henan, during the Zhou dynasty)
Used in 鄭重／郑重 (zhèngzhòng, “solemn”).
a surname

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