镇 — Chinese character
镇
zhèn
calm, composed; to control, to suppress
- Pinyin
- zhèn
- Radical
- 167 ⾦ (Gold)
- Strokes
- 15
- Components
- 钅 真
- Formation
- pictophonetic — metal; meaning component 钅; sound component 真
- Traditional
- 鎮
Common words with 镇
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 城镇 (城鎮) | chéng zhèn | town; cities and towns |
| 镇压 (鎮壓) | zhèn yā | suppression; repression |
| 小镇 (小鎮) | xiǎo zhèn | small town; village |
| 乡镇 (鄉鎮) | xiāng zhèn | townships and towns (collective term for the two principal township-level administrative divisions); small towns (general sense) |
| 市镇 (市鎮) | shì zhèn | small town |
| 村镇 (村鎮) | cūn zhèn | hamlet (place) |
| 集镇 (集鎮) | jí zhèn | town |
| 镇定 (鎮定) | zhèn dìng | calm; unperturbed |
| 镇长 (鎮長) | zhèn zhǎng | town headman; mayor (of small town or village) |
| 重镇 (重鎮) | zhòng zhèn | (military) strategic town; (fig.) major center (for commerce, culture or tourism etc) |
| 镇守 (鎮守) | zhèn shǒu | (of troops stationed in a strategic area) to defend; (fig.) to stand guard |
| 镇静 (鎮靜) | zhèn jìng | calm; cool |
English words written with 镇
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.