正(zhèng)

HSK 15 strokes
Readingszhèngzhēng

first month of the lunar year

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Character information

Pinyin
zhèng / zhēng
Meaning
first month of the lunar year
Strokes
5
HSK level
HSK 1
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 正 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿱一止

A foot 止 stopping in the right place 一

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

一yī止zhǐ

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

How to write 正 step by step

5 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 正

Common words using 正 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

fǎn反zhèng正
HSK 3

anyway

Open 反正 page →
gōng公zhèng正
HSK 5

just; fair; equitable

Open 公正 page →
xiū修zhèng正
HSK 7-9

to revise; to amend; to rectify

Open 修正 page →
bù不zhèng正zhī之fēng风
HSK 7-9

unhealthy tendency

Open 不正之风 page →
zhōng中zhèng正

adopted name of Chiang Kai-shek 蒋介石

Open 中正 page →
lìng令zhèng正

(honorific) your wife

Open 令正 page →
yī一běn本zhèng正jīng经

(idiom) in deadly earnest; deadpan

Open 一本正经 page →
bù不wù务zhèng正yè业

not to engage in honest work

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Related characters

More HSK 1 characters

一七三上下不东两

From 正’s common words

反公修不之风中令

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