Kanji

鎮

tranquilize, ancient peace-preservation centers

Kanji

Grade

Grade 8

Strokes

18 strokes

Radical

金部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

チン

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

しずめる, しずまる, おさえ

Nanori (Name Reading)

おさむ, しげ, しず, しずむ, しずめ, しん, たね, つね, なか, まさ, まもる, やす, やすし

Common Readings

チン, しず…まる, しず…める

Example sentences

鎮める しずめる
深呼吸をして、昂ぶった気持ちを鎮めた。

I took a deep breath and calmed my excited feelings.

荒ぶる あらぶる
荒ぶる神を鎮めるために、村人たちは祈りを捧げた。

In order to calm the raging god, the villagers offered prayers.

鎮座 ちんざ
丘の上の小さな社に、土地の守り神が鎮座している。

The guardian deity of the land resides in a small shrine on top of the hill.

鎮圧 ちんあつ
警察は暴動を鎮圧するために出動した。

The police were dispatched to suppress the riot.

暴動 ぼうどう
警察は暴動を鎮圧した

The police suppressed the riot.

重鎮 じゅうちん
彼は財界の重鎮だ。

He is a heavyweight in the business world.

鎮痛剤 ちんつうざい
鎮痛剤を飲んだら、痛みが和らいだ。

After taking the painkiller, the pain eased.

Example Vocabulary

鎮める

しずめる

to calm; to appease; to suppress; to quieten

鎮座

ちんざ

to reside (as a deity); to be situated prominently

鎮圧

ちんあつ

suppression; quelling; quashing

重鎮

じゅうちん

authority; leading figure; heavyweight

鎮まる

しずまる

鎮火

ちんか

鎮魂

ちんこん

鎮痛剤

ちんつうざい

painkiller; analgesic

鎮静剤

ちんせいざい

鎮静

ちんせい

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