鎮

See also: 鎭 and 镇

Translingual

Han character

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

1. town, market place
2. suppress

References

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

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Chinese

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trad.		鎮
simp.		镇

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhèn (zhen⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zan³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhèn
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄣˋ
    • Wade-Giles: chên⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenn
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zan³
    • Yale: jan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzan³
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐn³³/

Definitions

鎮

1. to guard; garrison
   • 镇守／鎮守 ("to guard")
2. to calm; to tranquil; to sedate
   • 镇定／鎮定 ("calm")
   • 镇痛／鎮痛 ("pain killer")
3. to suppress; to repress; to subdue
   • 镇住／鎮住 ("to dominate, to subdue")
   • 镇压／鎮壓 ("repression")
4. (food or drinks) to cool; to chill
   • 冰镇／冰鎮 ("iced")

Noun

鎮

1. town; township

   • 这个镇建于1610年。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

     Zhè gè zhèn jiàn yú 1610 nián. [Pinyin]

     The town was founded in 1610.

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Japanese

Kanji

鎮

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

• On: ちん (chin), てん (ten)
• Kun: しずめる (shizumeru), おさえ (osae), しずまる (shizumaru)

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Korean

Hanja

鎮 (jin) (hangeul 진, revised jin, McCune-Reischauer chin, Yale cin)

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Vietnamese

Han character

鎮 (trấn, chắn, chận, dấn, sán, sấn, trớn, giấn)

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