Spot 郑
Find the repeated shape and notice where it sits before trying to memorize the whole character.
Visual pattern
郑 component
zhèng · state in today's Henan; surname
A recurring visual building block found inside multiple Chinese characters. Compare what stays the same and what changes across the family.
A repeatable reading move
How to use 郑
Use the component as a clue, then verify the complete character.
Compare the visual pattern
Use the stable shape to recognize the family, without assuming it always supplies meaning or sound.
Check what changes
Read the remaining component, then confirm the full pinyin, meaning, and stroke order on the character page.
Shared clue郑Visual pattern
Read the pattern before memorizing the list
Use the shared shape as a recognition anchor, then confirm the full character's pronunciation and meaning.
The component page is a learning family; the radical page is a dictionary index. A shape can serve both roles.
Compare the family
What stays the same, what changes?
These cards only show complete visual decompositions from the current dataset that contain 郑.
掷=
扌
踯=
𧾷
Move into vocabulary
Words you can read next
These words contain characters from the 郑 family. Open one to see its complete breakdown.
投掷tóuzhì
to throw sth a long distance
HSK 3.0 · L7-9一掷千金yī zhì qiān jīnlit. stake a thousand pieces of gold on one throw
千金一掷qiān jīn yī zhìlit. stake a thousand pieces of gold on one throw
孤注一掷gū zhù yī zhìto stake all on one throw
抛掷pāo zhìto throw
掷地有声zhì dì yǒu shēnglit. if thrown on the floor, it will make a sound
掷还zhì huánplease return
掷色zhì shǎito throw the dice
掷骰子zhì tóu zito throw the dice
掷筊zhì jiǎopoe divination, a traditional Chinese divination method where a pair of crescent-shaped wooden or bamboo blocks is thrown on the ground, with the positions of the blocks determining the divine answer
掷zhìto throw, to hurl, to fling, to cast
豪掷háo zhìto spend