镇
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to press down; to calm; to subdue; to suppress; to guard; garrison; small town; to cool or chill (food or drinks)
- HSK 3.0
- Level 6
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 15
- Radical
- 金 +10
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 鎮
- Common rank
- #888
- Unicode
- U+9547
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
at ease · Heisig RSH #286
metal + 真 true
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 镇
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 城镇化水平 | urbanization level (of a city or town) | |
| 天镇县 | Tianzhen, a county in Datong City 大同市[Da4 tong2 Shi4], Shanxi | |
| 镇海区 | Zhenhai, a district of Ningbo City 寧波市|宁波市[Ning2 bo1 Shi4], Zhejiang | |
| 镇安县 | Zhen'an, a county in Shangluo City 商洛市[Shang1 luo4 Shi4], Shaanxi | |
| 镇平县 | Zhenping, a county in Nanyang City 南陽市|南阳市[Nan2 yang2 Shi4], Henan | |
| 镇反运动 | Campaign to Suppress Counterrevolutionaries (PRC political campaign from 1950-1952), abbr.… | |
| 新市镇 | new town; planned community | |
| 镇巴县 | Zhenba, a county in Hanzhong City 漢中市|汉中市[Han4 zhong1 Shi4], Shaanxi | |
| 城镇化 | urbanization | |
| 金城镇 | Jincheng (common place name); Chincheng town in Kinmen County 金門縣|金门县[Jin1 men2 xian4] (Ki… | |
| 镇江市 | Zhenjiang, prefecture-level city in Jiangsu Province 江蘇省|江苏省[Jiang1 su1 Sheng3] | |
| 前镇区 | Cianjhen, a district of Kaohsiung City 高雄市[Gao1 xiong2 Shi4], Taiwan | |
| 北镇市 | Beizhen, a county-level city in Jinzhou City 錦州市|锦州市[Jin3 zhou1 Shi4], Liaoning | |
| 清镇市 | Qingzhen, a county-level city in Guiyang City 貴陽市|贵阳市[Gui4 yang2 Shi4], Guizhou | |
| 镇流器 | electrical ballast | |
| 镇原县 | Zhenyuan, a county in Qingyang City 慶陽市|庆阳市[Qing4 yang2 Shi4], Gansu | |
| 镇宁布依族苗族自治县 | Zhenning Buyei and Miao Autonomous County, in Anshun City 安順市|安顺市[An1 shun4 Shi4], Guizhou | |
| 镇宁县 | see 鎮寧布依族苗族自治縣|镇宁布依族苗族自治县[Zhen4 ning2 Bu4 yi1 zu2 Miao2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4] | |
| 镇远县 | Zhenyuan, a county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture 黔東南苗族侗族自治州|黔东南苗族侗族自治… | |
| 景德镇市 | Jingdezhen, prefecture-level city in Jiangxi Province 江西省[Jiang1 xi1 Sheng3] |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 真 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 真 sound part | real, actual, true, genuine | |
| 颠 | peak, summit, top; to upset | |
| 填 | to fill, to pad, to stuff | |
| 慎 | cautious, prudent | |
| 嗔 | to be angry at, to rebuke, to scold | |
| 滇 | Yunnan province | |
| 缜 | fine, detailed; closely woven | |
| 禛 | to receive blessings | |
| 瑱 | a jade earring | |
| 瞋 | to glare | |
| 鬒 | glossy black hair | |
| 稹 | to accumulate |