鎮 — kanji meaning “tranquilize”
鎮
tranquilize, ancient peace-preservation centers
- Meanings
- tranquilize, ancient peace-preservation centers
- On'yomi
- チン (chin)
- Kun'yomi
- しず.める、しず.まる、おさえ
- Name readings
- しげ、じん、ちか、しん
- Strokes
- 18
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1617 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 167
- Chinese reading
- zhèn — Chinese character page
Words with 鎮
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 鎮守 | ちんじゅ chinju | local Shinto deity; tutelary god |
| 鎮圧 | ちんあつ chin'atsu | suppression (of a riot, revolt, etc.); repression; putting down |
| 重鎮 | じゅうちん juuchin | leader; authority; mainstay |
| 鎮魂 | ちんこん chinkon | repose of a soul |
| 鎮静 | ちんせい chinsei | calming down; settling down; quieting down |
| 鎮座 | ちんざ chinza | enshrinement (of a deity); residing (in a shrine or sacred place) |
| 鎮火 | ちんか chinka | extinguishing; dying out (of a fire); putting out |
| 地鎮祭 | じちんさい jichinsai | ceremony for purifying a building site (before building commences); ground-breaking ceremony |
| 鎮痛 | ちんつう chintsuu | pain relief; killing pain |
| 鎮め | しずめ shizume | controlling; suppressing; quelling |
| 鎮魂歌 | ちんこんか chinkonka | requiem |
| 鎮定 | ちんてい chintei | suppression (e.g. of a rebellion); pacification |
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