Chinese symbol for “township”
镇区
zhèn qū
Traditional: 鎮區
township
The closest CC-CEDICT match for township is 镇区 (zhèn qū), defined as: township.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “township”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 乡 (鄉) | xiāng | country or countryside; native place |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 镇区.
| 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) |
| 地区 (地區) | dì qū | region; area (informal or geographical term); prefecture (in China's administrative system) |
| 区域 (區域) | qū yù | area; region |
See also: Japanese symbol for “township”.
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.