Ideographic: A city 阝 guarding a pass 关Radical:

meaning for zhèng:

  • - Zheng state during the Warring States period
  • - surname Zheng
  • - abbr. for 郑州 Zhengzhou prefecture level city and capital of Henan Province in central Chinaserious
  • - solemnserious about the matterXinzheng county level city in Zhengzhou 郑州 , HenanNanzheng County in Hanzhong 汉中 , Shaanxi