集镇 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

jí gather, collect

Depicts birds (隹) gathering together on top of a tree (木).

Components

隹 Iconic component

zhuī, cuī, wéi bird

木 Iconic component

mù tree

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Regular Modern

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Component uses

Remnant (1)

杂

Sound (1)

雜

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	dzip	[dz][u]p	gather, collect

說文解字

《說文》：“雧，羣鳥在木上也。从雥，从木。集，雧或省。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

zhèn press down, town Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 钅 represents the meaning and 真 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鎮.

Components

钅 Meaning component

jīn metal

钅 is a component form of 金.

真 Sound component

zhēn real

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode

zhèn press down, town Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 釒 represents the meaning and 真 represents the sound.

Components

釒 Meaning component

jīn metal

真 Sound component

zhēn real

Character Evolution

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	trinH	t<r>i[n]-s	press down

說文解字

《說文》：“鎮，博壓也。从金，真聲。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

集 jí gather, collect

Components

Character Evolution

Component uses

Remnant (1)

Sound (1)

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

Sources

镇 zhèn press down, town Simplified

Components

Sources

鎮 zhèn press down, town Traditional

Components

Character Evolution

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

Sources

jí gather, collect

zhèn press down, town Simplified

zhèn press down, town Traditional