徵

Derived characters

 * 懲 癥

Related characters

 * 微 徹

Glyph origin

 * + +  – originally meaning punishment.

Originally written as in oracle bone script;  of a knife with tooth-shaped protrusions on the back. Variants which added were common. In bronze inscriptions, was often added to the character as well. In bamboo slips, was replaced with, arriving at the modern form.

Etymology 1
Related to.

Definitions

 * 1) to convene; to assemble
 * 2) to collect
 * 3) to solicit; to ask for
 * 4) to inquire; to query
 * 5) to verify; to prove
 * 6)  evidence
 * 7) phenomenon; symptom
 * 1) to verify; to prove
 * 2)  evidence
 * 3) phenomenon; symptom

Definitions

 * 1)  the fourth tone in the ancient Chinese pentatonic scale, comparable to sol in the Western solfège system