zhèn HSK6

press down, town

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approved by Marcus Ngai · Mar 3, 2026, 01:29 AM · Reviewed by Marcus Ngai on Mar 3, 2026, 01:29 AM

釒(By the way, should we link the 真 component to 眞 here since the stroke order makes it appear as 眞?)

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Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
jīn metal
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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttrinHt<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