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漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

鎮: tranquilize, ancient peace-preservation centers

JLPT N118 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

金 carries the meaning · 真 gives the sound

18 strokes
  • Small seal · Qin
  • Today

Small seal: Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Three readings, and the words that use each

チンchin · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 鎮圧ちんあつsuppression (of a riot, revolt, etc.)
  • 重鎮じゅうちんleader; authority; mainstay
  • 鎮魂ちんこんrepose of a soul
  • 鎮守ちんじゅlocal Shinto deity; tutelary god

しずめるshizumeru · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 鎮めるしずめるto quiet (a child, crowd, etc.); to quieten

しずまるshizumaru · kun'yomi

  • 鎮まるしずまるto become quiet; to quiet down

Also read おさえ, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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“Dig deep for treasure! This radical represents the metals that form the backbone of our technology and the "gold" that has served as a global standard of value for centuries.”
More in the 金 metal story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
金

Also built on metal (金)

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真

Also built on true (真)

The 真 family reads シン (shin); 鎮 is read チン.

Also read チン

10 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
鎮 tranquilize · 真
vs鎖 chain · ⺌ + 貝
鎮 has 真 where 鎖 has ⺌ + 貝.
In ChineseSimplified 镇 · traditional 鎭 · zhèn

Three different forms: Japanese 鎮, simplified 镇, traditional 鎭.

Simplified
镇 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
鎭 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin zhèn most common reading

False friend. Chinese also has a character 鎮 (zhèn), but it is a different word. The Chinese for this kanji is 镇 (simplified) or 鎭 (traditional).

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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