The kanji 鎮: meaning, readings and stroke order

鎮

Meaning: calm, put down
On reading: チン chin
Kun reading: しず（める） shizumeru、しず（まる） shizumaru
Strokes: 18
Radical: 金 metal, gold
Level: Level 8 · the last years of junior high
Old form: 鎭

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: dập yên, làm dịu (trấn)
Japanese: しずめる。おさえておちつかせる。
Korean: 가라앉히다, 진정시키다 (진)
Chinese: 镇定、镇压 (镇)

Readings, words and example sentences

チン chin · on reading · less common

鎮ちん火か
putting out a fire
火事がやっと 鎮ちん火かしました。
The fire was finally put out.

しず（める） shizumeru · kun reading · less common

鎮しずめる
to calm, to ease
いたみを 鎮しずめます。
It eases the pain.

しず（まる） shizumaru · kun reading · less common

鎮しずまる
to calm down, to die down
さわぎが 鎮しずまりました。
The commotion died down.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.