鎮
zhèn HSK6

press down, town

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approved by Marcus Ngai · Mar 2, 2026, 11:34 PM · Reviewed by Marcus Ngai on Mar 2, 2026, 11:34 PM

金 → 釒

Changed fields: components

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

Components

釒
釒 Meaning component
真
真 Sound component

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
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)