(zhèng) - to prove; certificate (bound morpheme) in Mandarin
zhèngTraditional: 证
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Translation
to prove; certificate (bound morpheme)
Word origin
A phono-semantic character: the speech radical 讠 gives the meaning of testifying and proving, while 正 (zhèng) supplies the sound.
- Origin
- phono-semantic
- Root
- 讠 (speech radical) + 正 (zhèng, phonetic)
Stroke order
证
Examples
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I guarantee I'll finish on time.
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Can you prove this?
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The police found new evidence.
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I forgot to bring my identity card.
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This card has already expired.
证 (zhèng) carries the sense of proof or attestation. It builds 证明 (to prove), 证据 (evidence), and 保证 (to guarantee), and also names the certificate itself in words like 身份证 (ID card).
Appears in 4 words
Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 证.
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