徴

indications, sign, omen, symptom, collect, seek, refer to, question

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

チチョウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

しるし

Stroke Order

14 / 14

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:14

JLPT:N1

Frequency:850

Vocabulary

チ

Word	Reading	Meaning
変徴	ヘンチ	note a semitone below the fourth degree of the Chinese and Japanese pentatonic scale

チョウ

Word	Reading	Meaning
課徴金	カチョウキン	charges (i.e. fees)
象徴	ショウチョウ	symbol (of something abstract); emblem; (symbolic) representation
徴収	チョウシュウ	collection (of fees, taxes, etc.); levy
徴兵	チョウヘイ	conscription; (military) draft; (compulsory) enlistment
追徴	ツイチョウ	supplementary charge; additional collection

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
吉徴	きっちょう	lucky omen; good omen
第２次性徴	だいにじせいちょう	secondary sex characteristic
特徴付ける	とくちょうづける	to make characteristic; to characterize
徴	ち	fourth degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale)
象徴天皇制	しょうちょうてんのうせい	symbolic emperor system

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

delicate, minuteness, insignificance

penal, chastise, punish, discipline

bag, bale, sack, counter for bags

emulate, imitate

on foot, junior, emptiness, vanity, futility, uselessness, ephemeral thing, gang, set, party, people

consume, eat, drink, smoke, receive (a blow)

penetrate, clear, pierce, strike home, sit up (all night)

defense, protection

politics, government