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| Traditional | 鎮 |
|---|---|
| Simplified | 镇 |
| Japanese | 鎮 |
| Korean | 鎭 |
鎮 (Kangxi radical 167,金+10, 18 strokes,cangjie input金十月金 (CJBC),four-corner84181,composition⿰釒真)
| trad. | 鎮/鎭 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 镇 | |
| 2nd round simp. | 𰾂 | |
| alternative forms | 瑱 | |
| Historical forms of the character鎮 |
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| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled inHan) |
| Small seal script |
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| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| 寘 | *tjels |
| 䡩 | *kʰriːn |
| 黰 | *ʔriːn, *ʔljinʔ |
| 顛 | *tiːn, *tʰiːns |
| 滇 | *tiːn, *tʰiːns, *diːn |
| 齻 | *tiːn |
| 槙 | *tiːn, *tjinʔ |
| 瘨 | *tiːn |
| 傎 | *tiːn |
| 蹎 | *tiːn |
| 厧 | *tiːn |
| 巔 | *tiːn |
| 癲 | *tiːn |
| 瑱 | *tʰiːns, *tins |
| 填 | *diːn, *diːns, *tin, *tins |
| 窴 | *diːn, *diːns |
| 闐 | *diːn, *diːns |
| 磌 | *diːn, *tjin |
| 鷏 | *diːn |
| 嗔 | *diːn, *tʰjin |
| 搷 | *diːn |
| 鎮 | *tin, *tins |
| 縝 | *tʰin, *ʔljinʔ, *tʰjin |
| 真 | *ʔljin |
| 禛 | *tjin |
| 稹 | *ʔljin, *ʔljinʔ |
| 蒖 | *tjin |
| 鬒 | *ʔljinʔ |
| 瞋 | *tʰjin |
| 謓 | *tʰjin |
| 慎 | *djins |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声,OC*tin, *tins): semantic 金(“metal”) + phonetic 真(OC*ʔljin) – to press down on (with a metal weight).
| Rime | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 鎮 | 鎮 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 知 (9) | 知 (9) |
| Final (韻) | 眞 (44) | 眞 (44) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 陟鄰切 | 陟刃切 |
| Baxter | trin | trinH |
| Reconstructions | ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʈˠiɪn/ | /ʈˠiɪnH/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʈᵚin/ | /ʈᵚinH/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ȶien/ | /ȶienH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʈjin/ | /ʈjinH/ |
| Li Rong | /ȶjĕn/ | /ȶjĕnH/ |
| Wang Li | /ȶǐĕn/ | /ȶǐĕnH/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ȶi̯ĕn/ | /ȶi̯ĕnH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zhēn | zhèn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zan1 | zan3 |
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 鎮 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | zhèn |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ trinH › |
| Old Chinese | /*t<r>i[n]-s/ |
| English | press down |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 鎮 | 鎮 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 17062 | 17064 |
| Phonetic component | 眞 | 眞 |
| Rime group | 眞 | 眞 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 珍 | 鎭 |
| Old Chinese | /*tin/ | /*tins/ |
鎮
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal(Written Standard Chinese) | 釅,濃 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 釅 |
| Taiwan | 濃 | |
| Singapore | 濃 | |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 釅 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 釅 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 釅 |
| Wuhan | 釅 | |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 濃 |
| Hefei | 濃 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 濃 |
| Hong Kong | 濃 | |
| Taishan | 濃 | |
| Yangjiang | 濃 | |
| Singapore(Guangfu) | 濃 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 釅 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 釅 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 釅 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 濃 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 濃,鎮 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 厚 |
| Quanzhou | 厚 | |
| Zhangzhou | 厚 | |
| Tainan | 厚 | |
| Singapore(Hokkien) | 厚 | |
| Manila(Hokkien) | 厚 | |
| Chaozhou | 釅,厚 | |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan(Sanxiang) | 厚,濃 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 濃 |
| Wenzhou | 濃 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 釅 |
| Shuangfeng | 釅,濃 | |
| 鎮 | |
| 鎭 |
(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji,kyūjitai form鎭)
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