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Kanji Detail for 鎮 - "calm, suppress, settle"

鎮

  • Meaning

    鎮 means "calm, suppress, settle."

    1. Calm - To pacify; to quiet down.

    2. Suppress - To hold down; to restrain.

    3. Settle - To bring to rest; to stabilize.

    4. Important - Central; key (as in "town").

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    tranquilize; ancient peace-preservation centers

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    town, market place; suppress

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

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

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    calm, composed; to control, to suppress

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To press down. As in a paperweight is called 鎮紙. | To pacify. As in 鎮撫, meaning to pacify and comfort. | The whole; entire. As in 鎮日 means the whole day. | A large market town. | In the Qing system, the Commander-in-Chief was called 鎮. In the later standing army system, the division below the army was called 鎮. Each 鎮 combined cavalry, infantry, engineering, and transport units totaling 10,562 men. Two 鎮 combined formed one army. Today it has been changed to 師 (division).
  • Onyomitip

    chin(ちん) ちん

    ten(てん) てん

  • Kunyomitip

    osa.e(おさえ) おさえ

    shizu.maru(しずまる) しずまる

    shizu.meru(しずめる) しずめる

  • Strokestip

    18 strokes

  • Radicaltip

    金 (kane・kanehen)

  • Related Keywords
    calm suppress pacify settle quiet tranquilize restrain subdue soothe stabilize appease control weight anchor town important central permanent steadfast

Sentences including 鎮

  • She composed herself before speaking.

  • They worked together to put out the fire.

  • The fire was soon extinguished.

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