征 – Kanji World

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音読おんよみ: セイ

訓読くんよみ: —

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部首ぶしゅ: ぎょうにんべん（彳）

Meaning

Conquer / Subjugate / March (set out on a campaign).

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征服せいふく — conquest; subjugation
遠征えんせい — expedition; campaign (sports/military)
出征しゅっせい — depart for (military) service
征税せいぜい — levying/collecting taxes
征伐せいばつ — punitive expedition; suppression
征途せいと — on a campaign/journey

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Left radical 彳 hints at steps / marching. The right side 正 (correct) suggests “to set things right.” Put together, 征 evokes marching to subdue — hence “conquer; campaign.”

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Link 征 with 遠 (far) to remember 遠征えんせい — a campaign/expedition far away. Picture a column of soldiers taking steady steps (彳) toward a distant horizon.

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Conquer

征服せいふく — conquest; subjugation; to bring under control

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