郑

鄭
Zheng4
#1,130 most
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the name of a state in the Zhou dynasty in the vicinity of present-day Xinzheng 新鄭|新郑[Xin1zheng4], a county-level city in Henan

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

郑 has ⻏ (city/state) as the picture part; 关 is now empty, shortened from 奠 diàn, which once added both meaning and sound. It first named a feudal kingdom of the Zhou and also meant 'to lay a foundation.' The simplified 郑 stands for 鄭.

Drawn as: city-state

郑 as a component in other characters

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Same Characters, Different Readings

郑zhèng
used in 鄭重|郑重[zheng4zhong4]

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