鎭
zhèn

town

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approved by Marcus Ngai · Mar 3, 2026, 02:01 AM · Reviewed by Marcus Ngai on Mar 3, 2026, 02:01 AM

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Phonosemantic compound. 釒 represents the meaning and 眞 represents the sound. Variant of 鎮.

Components

釒
釒 Meaning component
jīn metal
眞
眞 Sound component
zhēn real

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

說文解字

《說文》：“鎮，博壓也。从金，真聲。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)