鎮

See also: 鎭 and 镇

鎮 U+93AE, 鎮 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-93AE ← 鎭 [U+93AD] CJK Unified Ideographs 鎯 → [U+93AF]

Translingual

Traditional	鎮
Simplified	镇
Japanese	鎮
Korean	鎭

Han character

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

Derived characters

• 𤄱

Related characters

• 鎭 (Orthodox form in Kangxi dictionary)
• 镇 (Simplified Chinese)

References

• KangXi: 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

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Chinese

trad.		鎮/鎭
simp.		镇

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (真) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
寘	*tjels
䡩	*kʰriːn
黰	*ʔriːn, *ʔljinʔ
顛	*tiːn, *tʰiːns
滇	*tiːn, *tʰiːns, *diːn
齻	*tiːn
槙	*tiːn, *tjinʔ
瘨	*tiːn
傎	*tiːn
蹎	*tiːn
厧	*tiːn
巔	*tiːn
癲	*tiːn
瑱	*tʰiːns, *tins
填	*diːn, *diːns, *tin, *tins
窴	*diːn, *diːns
闐	*diːn, *diːns
磌	*diːn, *tjin
鷏	*diːn
嗔	*diːn, *tʰjin
搷	*diːn
鎮	*tin, *tins
縝	*tʰin, *ʔljinʔ, *tʰjin
真	*ʔljin
禛	*tjin
稹	*ʔljin, *ʔljinʔ
蒖	*tjin
鬒	*ʔljinʔ
瞋	*tʰjin
謓	*tʰjin
慎	*djins

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *tin, *tins): semantic 金 + phonetic 真 (OC *ʔljin).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhèn (zhen⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zan³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chṳ́n
• Min Dong (BUC): déng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): tìn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ding³

• Wu (Wiktionary): tsen (T2)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhèn
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄣˋ
    • Wade–Giles: chên4
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenn
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhèn
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zan³
    • Yale: jan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzan³
    • Guangdong Romanization: zen³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐn³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ́n
    • Hakka Romanization System: ziin`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zin³
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨn³¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: déng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɛiŋ²¹³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tìn
    • Tâi-lô: tìn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dixn
    • IPA (Taipei): /tin¹¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tin⁴¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tin²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ding³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tìng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiŋ²¹³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: tsen (T2)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡səɲ³⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /ʈˠiɪn/, /ʈˠiɪn^H/

Rime
Character	鎮	鎮
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	知 (9)	知 (9)
Final (韻)	眞 (44)	眞 (44)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	Chongniu III	Chongniu III
Fanqie	陟鄰切	陟刃切
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

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*t<r>i[n]-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*tin/, /*tins/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	鎮
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	鎮	鎮
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	17062	17064
Phonetic component	眞	眞
Rime group	眞	眞
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	珍	鎭
Old Chinese	/*tin/	/*tins/

Definitions

鎮

1. to guard; garrison

   鎮守 / 镇守  ―  zhènshǒu  ―  to guard

2. to calm; to tranquil; to sedate

   鎮定 / 镇定  ―  zhèndìng  ―  calm

   鎮痛 / 镇痛  ―  zhèntòng  ―  pain killer

3. to suppress; to repress; to subdue

   鎮住 / 镇住  ―  zhènzhù  ―  to dominate, to subdue

   鎮壓 / 镇压  ―  zhènyā  ―  repression

4. (of food or drinks) to cool; to chill

   冰鎮 / 冰镇  ―  bīngzhèn  ―  iced

5. town; township

   這個鎮建於1610年。 / 这个镇建于1610年。  ―  Zhè ge zhèn jiàn yú 1610 nián.  ―  The town was founded in 1610.

6. A surname​.

Compounds

• 冰鎮／冰镇 (bīngzhèn)
• 前鎮／前镇 (Qiánzhèn)
• 坐鎮／坐镇 (zuòzhèn)
• 城鎮／城镇 (chéngzhèn)
• 大鎮國／大镇国
• 左鎮／左镇 (Zuǒzhèn)
• 左鎮人／左镇人
• 市鎮／市镇 (shìzhèn)
• 平鎮／平镇 (Píngzhèn)
• 強作鎮靜／强作镇静
• 方鎮／方镇 (fāngzhèn)
• 書鎮／书镇 (shūzhèn)
• 村鎮／村镇 (cūnzhèn)
• 沙鎮溪／沙镇溪 (Shāzhènxī)
• 矯情鎮物／矫情镇物
• 紙鎮／纸镇 (zhǐzhèn)
• 藩鎮／藩镇
• 藩鎮之亂／藩镇之乱
• 都鎮灣／都镇湾 (Dūzhènwān)
• 鄉鎮／乡镇 (xiāngzhèn)

• 重鎮／重镇 (zhòngzhèn)
• 鎮公所／镇公所 (zhèngōngsuǒ)
• 鎮南關／镇南关
• 鎮反／镇反
• 鎮嚇／镇吓
• 鎮國將軍／镇国将军
• 鎮圭／镇圭
• 鎮墓獸／镇墓兽
• 鎮壓／镇压 (zhènyā)
• 鎮宅神／镇宅神
• 鎮守／镇守 (zhènshǒu)
• 鎮安／镇安 (Zhèn'ān)
• 鎮定／镇定 (zhèndìng)
• 鎮定劑／镇定剂
• 鎮家之寶／镇家之宝
• 鎮尺／镇尺
• 鎮川／镇川 (Zhènchuān)
• 鎮懾／镇慑
• 鎮撫／镇抚

• 鎮日／镇日
• 鎮星／镇星 (Zhènxīng)
• 鎮暴／镇暴
• 鎮暴警察／镇暴警察
• 鎮暴隊形／镇暴队形
• 鎮東／镇东 (Zhèndōng)
• 鎮江／镇江 (Zhènjiāng)
• 鎮海／镇海 (Zhènhǎi)
• 鎮物／镇物
• 鎮痛／镇痛 (zhèntòng)
• 鎮痛劑／镇痛剂 (zhèntòngjì)
• 鎮紙／镇纸 (zhènzhǐ)
• 鎮臺／镇台
• 鎮邪／镇邪
• 鎮邪物／镇邪物
• 鎮長／镇长 (zhènzhǎng)
• 鎮靜／镇静 (zhènjìng)
• 鎮靜劑／镇静剂 (zhènjìngjì)
• 雄鎮／雄镇

Descendants

• → Lü: ᦵᦈᦲᧃᧈ (ṫsoen¹)

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Japanese

Shinjitai	鎮
Kyūjitai	鎭

Kanji

鎮

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 鎭)

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Readings

• Go-on: ちん (chin, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: ちん (chin, Jōyō)
• Kun: しずまる (shizumaru, 鎮まる, Jōyō); しずめる (shizumeru, 鎮める, Jōyō); おさえ (osae, 鎮え)

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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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