征 – subjugate, attack the rebellious, collect taxes

8 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1578 in newspaper frequencyN1 vocabulary

The kanji 征 means subjugate, attack the rebellious, collect taxes. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is セイ (sei). It is written with 8 strokes, under radical 彳 (no. 60).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	セイ	sei

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 彳 (Kangxi radical 60). Components: 一・止・彳.

Words using 征

征服せいふくconquest

Example sentences

ノルマン人は１０６６年にイングランドを征服した。

The Normans conquered England in 1066.

Tatoeba #198549

彼はエベレストを征服した。

He conquered Mt. Everest.

Tatoeba #114285

Kanji with the same radical

後得役待復従彼徒徴徹律御徳微往径

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