证 zhèng
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 正 straight, right, proper, correct, just, true
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
证据
zhèngjù
evidence
Characters in this word
据 jù
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 居 to live, to reside
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这是证据。 Zhè shì zhèngjù. This is evidence.
- 证据在哪？ Zhèngjù zài nǎ? Where is the evidence?
- 我有证据。 Wǒ yǒu zhèngjù. I have evidence.
Related words
- 保证 bǎozhèng to guarantee; to make sure
- 身份证 shēnfènzhèng identity card
- 证 zhèng certificate; identity card
- 证件 zhèngjiàn identity document
- 证明 zhèngmíng to prove
- 签证 qiānzhèng visa
- 证实 zhèngshí to confirm
- 证书 zhèngshū certificate
- 据说 jùshuō it is said that
- 根据 gēnjù according to
- 数据 shùjù data
- 依据 yījù according to; based on