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. paperweight
2. town, market place
3. pacify, tranquilize, 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

trad.		鎮/鎭
simp.		镇

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhèn (zhen⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zan³
• Min Nan (POJ): tìn

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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/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tìn
    • Tâi-lô: tìn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dixn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tin⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tin¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tin²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tin²¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tin²¹/

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. (food or drinks) to cool; to chill
   • 冰鎮 / 冰镇  ―  bīngzhèn  ―  iced

Noun

鎮

1. 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.

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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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