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鎮

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

Translingual

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Traditional 鎮
Simplified 镇
Japanese 鎮
Korean 鎭

Han character

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

Derived characters

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References

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  • 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

Chinese

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

Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character 鎮
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
 
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 (“metal”) + phonetic 真 (OC *ʔljin) – to press down on (with a metal weight).

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • dêng3 - Jieyang;
  • diang3 - Chaoyang.
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/
Bernhard
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

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鎮

  1. to press down; to suppress; to repress; to subdue
    鎮住／镇住  ―  zhèn zhù  ―  to dominate; to subdue
    鎮壓／镇压  ―  zhènyā  ―  repression
  2. to guard; to garrison
    鎮守／镇守  ―  zhènshǒu  ―  to guard
  3. to calm; to tranquilize; to sedate
    鎮定／镇定  ―  zhèndìng  ―  calm
    鎮痛／镇痛  ―  zhèntòng  ―  pain killer
  4. to awe; to frighten
  5. (of food or drinks) to cool; to chill
    冰鎮／冰镇  ―  bīngzhèn  ―  iced
  6. stronghold; garrison
  7. 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.
  8. whole; entire (day)
  9. (archaic) for a long time; enduringly; frequently
  10. Used in 鎮星／镇星 (Zhènxīng, “Saturn”).
  11. (Hokkien, Teochew) to block; to impede; to be a hindrance
    鎮塊／镇块 [Hokkien]  ―  tìn-tè [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  to block the way
  12. (Eastern Min, of color) deep, dark
    鎮桃紅／镇桃红 [Eastern Min]  ―  déng-tò̤-hè̤ng / [tiŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ (tʰ-)no⁵³⁻⁵⁵ (h-)øyŋ⁵³] [Bàng-uâ-cê / IPA]  ―  deep pink
  13. (Eastern Min, of beverage) strong, concentrated
    者茶泡過鎮去 [Eastern Min, trad.]
    者茶泡过镇去 [Eastern Min, simp.]
    Ciā dà páu guó déng ó̤ / [t͡sia³³ ta⁵³ pʰɑu²¹³ kuɔ²¹³ tɛiŋ²¹³ ɔ²¹³] [Bàng-uâ-cê / IPA]
    This tea has been brewed too strong.
  14. (Eastern Min, of sound or voice) deep and resonant
    Synonym: 渾厚 / 浑厚 (húnhòu)
  15. a surname

Synonyms

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  • (to suppress):
  • (strong; concentrated):
Dialectal synonyms of 釅 (“(of a liquid) concentrated; (of a beverage) strong”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 釅, 濃
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 釅
Taiwan 濃
Singapore 濃
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 釅
Central Plains Mandarin Xi'an 釅
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 釅
Wuhan 釅
Jianghuai Mandarin Yangzhou 濃
Hefei 濃
Cantonese Guangzhou 濃
Hong Kong 濃
Taishan 濃
Yangjiang 濃
Singapore (Guangfu) 濃
Gan Nanchang 釅
Hakka Meixian 釅
Jin Taiyuan 釅
Northern Min Jian'ou 濃
Eastern Min Fuzhou 濃, 鎮
Southern Min Xiamen 厚
Quanzhou 厚
Zhangzhou 厚
Tainan 厚
Singapore (Hokkien) 厚
Manila (Hokkien) 厚
Chaozhou 釅, 厚
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Sanxiang) 厚, 濃
Wu Suzhou 濃
Wenzhou 濃
Xiang Changsha 釅
Shuangfeng 釅, 濃

Compounds

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Descendants

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

References

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Japanese

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Shinjitai

鎮

Kyūjitai

鎭

Kanji

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鎮

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 鎭)

  1. to hold down; to press down; to suppress
  2. to calm down; to relax
  3. a weight

Readings

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Korean

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Hanja

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鎮 (eumhun 진압할 진 (jinaphal jin))

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Han character

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

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