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鎮 = 金 + 真
鎮 is a Japanese kanji written with 18 strokes, listed here under the keyword “tranquillize”. It is built from 金 (gold) and 真 (true). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 294.
- Keyword
- tranquillize
- RTK frame
- 294
- Strokes
- 18
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- チン
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- しず.める, しず.まる, おさえ
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- tranquilize, успокоить
- Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
- 鎮 town
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 鎮 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “gold” + “true”. 鎮 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 鎮 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.