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U+93AE, 鎮
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-93AE

[U+93AD]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+93AF]

Translingual[edit]

Traditional
Simplified
Japanese
Korean

Han character[edit]

(Kangxi radical 167, +10, 18 strokes, cangjie input 金十月金 (CJBC), four-corner 84181, composition )

Derived characters[edit]

Related characters[edit]

References[edit]

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1318, character 17
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40745
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1818, character 7
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4238, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+93AE

Chinese[edit]

trad. /
simp.
2nd round simp. 𰾂
alternative forms

Glyph origin[edit]

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *tin, *tins): semantic (metal) + phonetic (OC *ʔljin) – to press down on (with a metal weight).

Pronunciation[edit]



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (9) (9)
Final () (44) (44)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter trin trinH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʈˠiɪn/ /ʈˠiɪnH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʈᵚin/ /ʈᵚinH/
Shao
Rongfen
/ȶien/ /ȶienH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʈjin/ /ʈjinH/
Li
Rong
/ȶjĕn/ /ȶjĕnH/
Wang
Li
/ȶǐĕn/ /ȶǐĕnH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ȶi̯ĕn/ /ȶi̯ĕnH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
zhēn zhèn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zan1 zan3
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
zhèn
Middle
Chinese
‹ trinH ›
Old
Chinese
/*t<r>i[n]-s/
English press down

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 17062 17064
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*tin/ /*tins/

Definitions[edit]

  1. to press down; to suppress; to repress; to subdue
      ―  zhèn zhù  ―  to dominate; to subdue
      ―  zhèn  ―  repression
  2. to guard; to garrison
      ―  zhènshǒu  ―  to guard
  3. to calm; to tranquilize; to sedate
      ―  zhèndìng  ―  calm
      ―  zhèntòng  ―  pain killer
  4. to awe; to frighten
  5. (of food or drinks) to cool; to chill
      ―  bīngzhèn  ―  iced
  6. stronghold; garrison
  7. town; township
    16101610  ―  Zhè ge zhèn jiàn yú 1610 nián.  ―  The town was founded in 1610.
  8. whole; entire (day)
  9. (archaic) for a long time; enduringly; frequently
  10. Used in 鎮星镇星 (Zhènxīng, “Saturn”).
  11. (Hokkien, Teochew) to block; to impede; to be a hindrance
    [Hokkien]  ―  tìn-tè [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  to block the way
  12. a surname

Synonyms[edit]

  • (to suppress):

Compounds[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Lü: ᦵᦈᦲᧃᧈ (ṫsoen¹)
  • Zhuang: cin

References[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Shinjitai

Kyūjitai

Kanji[edit]

(common “Jōyō” kanjishinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form )

  1. to hold down; to press down; to suppress
  2. to calm down; to relax
  3. a weight

Readings[edit]

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

(eumhun 진압할 (jinaphal jin))

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Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

: Hán Nôm readings: trấn, chắn, chận, dấn, sán, sấn, trớn, giấn

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Derived terms[edit]