镇 (zhèn): meaning and stroke order
镇 (zhèn) means to press down, to calm, to subdue, to suppress, to guard, garrison, small town.
镇
- Simplified
- 镇
- Traditional
- 鎮
- Pinyin
- zhèn
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Stroke order of 镇
镇
- zhèn to press down; to calm
- 15 strokes
- Traditional form: 鎮
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Meaning of 镇
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zhèn
Traditional 鎮
- to press down
- to calm
- to subdue
- to suppress
- to guard
- garrison
- small town
- to cool or chill (food or drinks)
Radical and structure
- 镇
- Radical 钅 (Kangxi radical 167) in its simplified form · 15 strokes · 钅 on the left, 真 on the right
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 镇
- 镇江 Zhèn jiāng see 鎮江市|镇江市[Zhen4 jiang1 Shi4]
- 小镇 xiǎo zhèn small town; village
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).