鎮

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

Translingual[edit]

Traditional 鎮
Simplified 镇
Japanese 鎮
Korean 鎭

Han character[edit]

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

Derived characters[edit]

Related characters[edit]

References[edit]

  • 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

Chinese[edit]

trad. 鎮/鎭
simp. 镇
2nd round simp. 𰾂
alternative forms 瑱

Glyph origin[edit]

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[edit]

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
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		zan1 zan3
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[edit]

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[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • → Lü: ᦵᦈᦲᧃᧈ (ṫsoen1)
  • → Zhuang: cin

References[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Shinjitai

鎮

Kyūjitai

鎭

Kanji[edit]

鎮

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

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Readings[edit]

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

鎮 (eumhun 진압할 진 (jinaphal jin))

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Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

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

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Derived terms[edit]

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