Chinese characters : List with all references

Character: 鎮

Modern (Beijing) reading: zhèn

Preclassic Old Chinese: trins

Classic Old Chinese: trinh

Western Han Chinese: ṭjǝnh

Eastern Han Chinese: ṭǝnh

Early Postclassic Chinese: ṭìn

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ṭìn

Late Postclassic Chinese: ṭìn

Middle Chinese: ṭìn

English meaning : press down, put down, keep down, control [LZ]

Russian meaning[s]: 1) давить, подавлять, репрессировать; усмирять, подчинять себе, справляться; контролировать; 2) тяжесть, сила давления; гнет; пресс; 3) успокаивать, умиротворять; охранять, беречь; 4) постоянно, все время; 5) село; торговый центр; 6) стар. дивизия; 7) стар. командующий

Comments: Also read *trin, *trinʔ (MC ṭin, ṭín, Pek. zhēn, zhěn) 'precious thing' [LZ]

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 167

Four-angle index: 7903

Karlgren code: 0375 f

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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *t(r)ĭn

Meaning: press

Chinese: 鎮 *trin, *trins press down.

Kachin: din³ to kill, as lice or maggots by pressing with the nail of the thumb.

Comments: Cf. PAN *ketil 'pinch, nip'

Chinese Dialects :

Number: 2388

Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology

Character: 鎮

MC description : 臻開三去震知

ZIHUI: 6966 2056

Beijing: c̣ǝn 3

Jinan: c̣ẽ 3

Xi'an: c̣ẽ 3

Taiyuan: cǝŋ 3

Hankou: cǝn 3

Chengdu: cǝn 3

Yangzhou: cǝn 3

Suzhou: cǝn 31

Wenzhou: caŋ 31

Changsha: c̣ǝn 31

Shuangfeng: ćin 31

Nanchang: cǝn 31

Meixian: cǝn 3

Guangzhou: čan 31

Xiamen: tin 31

Chaozhou: tiŋ 31

Fuzhou: teiŋ 31

Shanghai: cǝŋ 1

Zhongyuan yinyun: čiǝn 3

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