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Chinese symbol for “suppression”

镇压
zhèn yā
Traditional: 鎮壓
suppression; repression; to suppress; to put down

The closest CC-CEDICT match for suppression is 镇压 (zhèn yā), defined as: suppression; repression; to suppress; to put down; to quell.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

镇 zhèn
calm, composed; to control, to suppress
radical 167 ⾦ · 15 strokes
压 yā
press; oppress; crush; pressure
radical 27 ⼚ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 镇压.

WordPinyinMeaning
城镇 (城鎮)chéng zhèntown; cities and towns
小镇 (小鎮)xiǎo zhènsmall town; village
乡镇 (鄉鎮)xiāng zhèntownships and towns (collective term for the two principal township-level administrative divisions); small towns (general sense)
市镇 (市鎮)shì zhènsmall town
村镇 (村鎮)cūn zhènhamlet (place)
压力 (壓力)yā lìpressure
压迫 (壓迫)yā pòto oppress; to repress
压缩 (壓縮)yā suōto compress; compression

See also: Japanese symbol for “suppression”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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