• 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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  • 577th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 372 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jiāng (Jiang1)surname Jiang
2. jiāng (jiang1)river • CL:條|条[tiao2],道[dao4]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words

Common

江南 
江山 
江湖 
江苏 (江蘇)
江西 
浙江 
长江 (長江)
丽江 (麗江)

Uncommon

九江 
内江 (內江)
吴江 (吳江)
岷江 
平江 
廉江 
怒江 
晋江 (晉江)
晋江市 (晉江市)
曲江 
东江 (東江)
松江 
松江区 (松江區)
松花江 
柳江 
椒江 
江北 
江北区 (江北區)
江宁 (江寧)
江宁区 (江寧區)
江户 (江戶)
江东 (江東)
江东区 (江東區)
江水 
江河 
江津 
江汉 (江漢)
江汉区 (江漢區)
江苏省 (江蘇省)
江西省 
江边 (江邊)
江郎才尽 (江郎才盡)
江门 (江門)
江阴 (江陰)
江青 
江面 
沿江 
浙江省 
浦江 
湘江 
湛江 
滨江 (濱江)
漓江 (灕江)
牡丹江 
珠江 
翻江倒海 
临江 (臨江)
西江 
连江 (連江)
都江堰 
金沙江 
钱塘江 (錢塘江)
锦江 (錦江)
锦江区 (錦江區)
镇江 (鎮江)
阳江 (陽江)
黄浦江 (黃浦江)
黑龙江 (黑龍江)
黑龙江省 (黑龍江省)
龙江 (龍江)

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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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