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怔

zhēng
#2,186 most
frequent character
(bound form) startled, terrified

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

怔 zhèng pairs 忄 heart with 正 zhèng as sound part. Heart and feeling give original 'terrified'; later it grew to 'stare blankly.' Read zhēng, it means 'panic-stricken.'

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Same Characters, Different Readings

怔zhèng
(dialect) to stare blankly

Homophones

HSK 5
睁zhēng
to open (eye)
争zhēng
contend, dispute, fight, strive
征zhēng
journey, trip, expedition
丁zhēng
used in 丁丁[zheng1zheng1]
挣zhēng
used in 掙扎|挣扎[zheng1 zha2]
正zhēng
first month of the lunar year
征zhēng
to invite, to recruit, to levy (taxes)

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