IDENTITY
证zhèngproof; certificate
HSK 3Top 400
CORE MEANING
proof; certificate
- Part of speech
- noun
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.certificateHSK3
- 2.to proveHSK4
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 讠speech radical (yán)
- strokes
- 7
- Structure
- left-right compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿰讠正
- words; testimony
- gives the sound zhèng
USAGE
Common words
身份证shēnfènzhèngID card
证明zhèngmíngto prove
证件zhèngjiàndocuments
Graded examples
请给我看一下证件。Qǐng gěi wǒ kàn yíxià zhèngjiàn.HSK5
Please show me your documents.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
LEARNING
Memory aid
Words (讠) that set things straight (正) — proof. (From 證.)
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #400
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
- Reviewed by
- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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