鎮

See also: 鎭 and 镇

Translingual

Traditional	鎮
Simplified	镇
Japanese	鎮
Korean	鎭

Han character

鎮 (Kangxi 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 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

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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／形声, OC *tin, *tins) : semantic 金 + phonetic 真 (OC *ʔljin).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhèn (zhen⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zan³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chṳ́n
• Eastern Min (BUC): déng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tìn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ding³

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵tsen

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhèn
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhèn
    • Wade–Giles: chên⁴
    • Yale: jèn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenn
    • Palladius: чжэнь (čžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • 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/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: déng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɛiŋ²¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (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
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁵tsen
    • MiniDict: tsen^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tsen
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sən³⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: trin, trinH

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)	III	III
Fanqie	陟鄰切	陟刃切
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

• 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

(deprecated template usage) 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
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.

Descendants

• → Lü: ᦵᦈᦲᧃᧈ (ṫsoen¹)

Compounds

(deprecated template usage)

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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)
• On: てん (ten)
• 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

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

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