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镇

zhèn

press down, town

Phonosemantic compound. 钅 represents the meaning and 真 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鎮.

Components
钅 meaning component

钅  Meaning component

jīn

  

metal

钅 is a component form of 金.

真 sound component

真  Sound component

zhēn

  

real

Evolution

镇 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
镇 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
镇 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
镇 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

镇 (鎮) 

zhèn

town, market place; suppress; to press down; to calm; to subdue; to suppress; to guard; garrison; small town; to cool or chill (food or drinks)

Most common words with 镇
Freq.
Word
Meaning

镇

to calm

城镇

town

小镇

small town

乡镇

village

镇定

calm

Statistics

HSK level 6

Appears in 33.5736% of movies

931st most common character in movies

1002nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

15

Traditional

鎮

Unicode

U+9547


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