• 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.
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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.
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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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  • 254th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.09% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 921 words
  • Component in 5 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shì (shi4)market • city • CL:個|个[ge4]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

城市 
市区 (市區)
市场 (市場)
市民 
超市 

Uncommon

上市 
上海市 
佛山市 
利市 
副市长 (副市長)
北京市 
南京市 
南宁市 (南寧市)
吉林市 
夜市 
天津市 
宁波市 (寧波市)
市中心 
市内 (市內)
市场价 (市場價)
市场化 (市場化)
市委 
市政 
市政府 
市政厅 (市政廳)
市长 (市長)
市面 
常州市 
厦门市 (廈門市)
广州市 (廣州市)
惠州市 
成都市 
早市 
杭州市 
东莞市 (東莞市)
楼市 (樓市)
武汉市 (武漢市)
沈阳市 (沈陽市)
深圳市 
温州市 (溫州市)
济南市 (濟南市)
无锡市 (無錫市)
熊市 
牛市 
珠海市 
福州市 
股市 
菜市场 (菜市場)
苏州市 (蘇州市)
西安市 
都市 
重庆市 (重慶市)
长春市 (長春市)
开市 (開市)
集市 
青岛市 (青島市)
闹市 (鬧市)

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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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