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正zhèng, zhēng

straight; upright (端正); correct; right (正确, 正义); exactly; just (正好); in the middle of (正在); main; principal (正面)

正 is straight and right — exactly so, and right in the middle of it.

GF0025–2021 character list · 一级

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Taught as one complete written unit; the header calls the formation 指事 (a mark over the foot piece, moving straight ahead).

single whole character · 正

straight; upright (端正); correct; right (正确, 正义); exactly; just (正好); in the middle of (正在); main; principal (正面)

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WHOLE CHARACTER

straight; upright (端正); correct; right (正确, 正义); exactly; just (正好); in the middle of (正在); main; principal (正面)

正 is straight and right — exactly so, and right in the middle of it.

Taught as one complete written unit; the header calls the formation 指事 (a mark over the foot piece, moving straight ahead).

zhèngTone 4

zhēngTone 1only in 正月 (the first lunar month)

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