Memory phrase for the character: 正

正

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Meaning correct, just (right), straight, principle

Pronunciation

zhēng, zhèng

Explanation

Top: a line 一, bottom: to stop 止 (image of the right foot that stops at a line 一)

Mnemonic
 
To stop at the line is correct.

Radicals

止 stop, to end
正 correctRadical 103 疋 stands for clothing or bales of cloth. In the Hanzi-Trainer, it is used synonymously with the correct 正, because it seems helpful for the explanations and the interpretation clothing/cloth bale would be in conflict with other radicals.
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 Vocabulary

正在 zhèng zài  in the process of (doing something or happening); while (doing)
正面 zhèng miàn  front; obverse side; right side; positive; direct; open
正比 zhèng bǐ  direct ratio; directly proportional
改正 gǎi zhèng  to correct; to amend; to put right; correction
修正 xiū zhèng  to revise; to amend
修正 xiū zhèng  
正弦 zhèng xián  sine (of angle) (Math)
高村正彦 Gāo cūn Zhēng yàn  KOMURA Masahiko (1942-), Japanese politician, foreign minister from 1998, minister of defense from 2007
矫正 jiǎo zhèng  to correct; to rectify (e.g. a physical defect such as hearing or vision); to cure; rectification; correction; to straighten
矫正 jiǎo zhèng  
雍正 Yōng zhēng  Yongzheng, reign name of Qing emperor (1722-1735)
雍正 Yōng zhēng  

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