IDENTITY
正zhèngstraight; correct; just (doing)
HSK 2Top 150
CORE MEANING
straight; correct; just (doing)
- Part of speech
- adjective
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.correct; straightHSK2
- 2.just (in progress)HSK2
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 止stop radical (zhǐ)
- strokes
- 5
- Structure
- single structure
- IDS sequence
- ⿱一止
- part of the structure
- part of the structure
USAGE
Common words
正在zhèngzàiin the process of
正确zhèngquècorrect
真正zhēnzhènggenuine
Graded examples
他正在做饭。Tā zhèngzài zuòfàn.HSK2
He is cooking right now.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
- 止
POEM LINES WITH THIS CHARACTER
LEARNING
Memory aid
One step (止) heading straight for its goal — upright, correct.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #150
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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