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郑 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
郑 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
郑 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
郑 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
郑 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
郑 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
郑 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
郑 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now

郑 Stroke Order — How to Write 郑

Stroke Order

郑 is written in 9 strokes, following the standard Chinese stroke order. Start from the radical 阝, then complete the remaining strokes.

Stroke order matters in Chinese: it keeps the character balanced, and it is how dictionaries and handwriting input methods expect a character to be written.

郑 Radical and Character Components

Components:关阝

郑 is an ideographic compound. A city 阝 guarding a pass 关.

Radical: 阝 + 6 more strokes

郑 Pronunciation and Pinyin

  • zhèng

Meanings of 郑 in Chinese

1

zhèng郑

Zheng (zhèng) refers to an ancient state during the Zhou Dynasty in China, located around present-day Xinzheng County, Henan Province. It is known from idioms like "Zheng ren mai lü" (the man from Zheng buying shoes), which ridicules those who rigidly follow dogma without considering practical reality.
学习知识不能郑人买履，要结合实际情况灵活运用。
When acquiring knowledge, one should not rigidly adhere to dogma like the man from Zheng buying shoes; instead, it's important to combine it with actual circumstances and apply it flexibly.

Common Words and Phrases with 郑

1
zhèng郑zhòng重
Serious; solemn; earnest.
我郑重承诺会按时完成任务。
I solemnly promise to complete the task on time.
2
zhèng郑zhōu州
Zhengzhou is the capital of Henan Province in central China, a major transportation hub and an emerging industrial city, particularly known for its textile industry.
郑州是河南省的省会，也是一个拥有丰富历史文化遗产的现代化城市。
Zhengzhou is the capital of Henan Province and a modern city with a rich historical and cultural heritage.

Idioms with 郑

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Questions about 郑

What does 郑 mean in Chinese?

郑 (zhèng) means “Zheng (zhèng) refers to an ancient state during the Zhou Dynasty in China, located around present-day Xinzheng County, Henan Province. It is known from idioms like "Zheng ren mai lü" (the man from Zheng buying shoes), which ridicules those who rigidly follow dogma without considering practical reality” in Chinese.

How do you pronounce 郑?

郑 is pronounced zhèng in Mandarin Chinese.

How many strokes does 郑 have?

郑 has 9 strokes.

How do you write 郑?

郑 is written in 9 strokes, starting from the radical 阝. See the animated stroke order on this page.

What is the radical of 郑?

The radical of 郑 is 阝, and 郑 is an ideographic compound.