• 1000th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 192 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhèn (zhen4)composed • small town • to suppress • to press down • to guard • garrison • to cool or chill (food or drinks)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for zhèn (zhen4)The component is pronounced as 'zhēn' (zhen1). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words

Common

冰镇 (冰鎮)
城镇 (城鎮)
景德镇 (景德鎮)
乡镇 (鄉鎮)
镇压 (鎮壓)
镇定 (鎮定)
镇江 (鎮江)
镇痛 (鎮痛)
镇长 (鎮長)
镇静 (鎮靜)
镇静剂 (鎮靜劑)

Uncommon

北镇 (北鎮)
吴镇宇 (吳鎮宇)
固镇 (固鎮)
城镇化 (城鎮化)
市镇 (市鎮)
景德镇市 (景德鎮市)
朱祁镇 (朱祁鎮)
村镇 (村鎮)
清镇 (清鎮)
清镇市 (清鎮市)
藩镇 (藩鎮)
虎门镇 (虎門鎮)
丰镇 (豐鎮)
重镇 (重鎮)
镇住 (鎮住)
镇区 (鎮區)
镇原 (鎮原)
镇妖 (鎮妖)
镇守 (鎮守)
镇安 (鎮安)
镇定剂 (鎮定劑)
镇巴 (鎮巴)
镇平 (鎮平)
镇江市 (鎮江市)
镇海 (鎮海)
镇痛药 (鎮痛藥)
镇纸 (鎮紙)
镇远 (鎮遠)
镇远县 (鎮遠縣)
集镇 (集鎮)

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  • 546th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 361 words
  • Component in 19 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
lineNo glyph availablelinesecond
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (Ba1)Ba state during Zhou dynasty (in east of modern Sichuan) • abbr. for east Sichuan or Chongqing • surname Ba • abbr. for Palestine or Palestinian • abbr. for Pakistan
2. (ba1)to long for • to wish • to cling to • to stick to • sth that sticks • close to • next to • spread open • informal abbr. for bus 巴士 • bar (unit of pressure) • nominalizing suffix on certain nouns, such as 尾巴, tail

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (ba1)The component is pronounced as '' (ya4). It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words

Common

下巴 
嘴巴 
大巴 
尾巴 
巴掌 
巴西 
巴黎 
星巴克 

Uncommon

中巴 
古巴 
哑巴 (啞巴)
多巴胺 
奥巴马 (奧巴馬)
巴不得 
巴厘岛 (巴厘島)
巴基斯坦 
巴塞罗那 (巴塞羅那)
巴士 
巴士站 
巴斯 
巴比伦 (巴比倫)
巴结 (巴結)
巴赫 
斯巴达 (斯巴達)
欧巴桑 (歐巴桑)
沙巴 
泥巴 
津巴布韦 (津巴布韋)
淋巴 
淋巴瘤 
毕尔巴鄂 (畢爾巴鄂)
眨巴 
眼巴巴 
结巴 (結巴)
结结巴巴 (結結巴巴)
乡巴佬 (鄉巴佬)
锅巴 (鍋巴)
阿里巴巴 
鸡巴 (雞巴)
黎巴嫩 

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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