鎮

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

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 ⿰釒真)

Derived characters
  • 𤄱

References
  • KangXi: 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
trad. 鎮/鎭
simp. 镇
2nd round simp. 𰾂
alternative forms 瑱

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

Pronunciation

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
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
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

鎮

  1. to guard; garrison
    鎮守／镇守  ―  zhènshǒu  ―  to guard
  2. to calm; to tranquilize; 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  ―  zhèn zhù  ―  to dominate; to subdue
    鎮壓／镇压  ―  zhènyā  ―  repression
  4. to awe; to frighten
  5. (of food or drinks) to cool; to chill
    冰鎮／冰镇  ―  bīngzhèn  ―  iced
  6. 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.
  7. (Hokkien, Teochew) to block; to impede; to be a hindrance
    鎮塊／镇块 [Hokkien]  ―  tìn-tè [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  to block the way
  8. a surname

Synonyms
  • (to suppress):
Synonyms of 鎮

Compounds
Derived terms from 鎮

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

References

Japanese

Shinjitai

 鎮

Kyūjitai

 鎭

Kanji
鎮

(common “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

Korean

Hanja

鎮 (eumhun 진압할 진 (jinaphal jin))

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Vietnamese

Han character

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

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Derived terms
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