鎮 means “calm, quell, suppress”

ちん · chin

Also: tranquilize, ancient peace-preservation centers

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading): しずめる, しずまる, おさえ
On'yomi (Chinese reading): チン

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 18 strokes

The story

Metal (金) beside 真, true: picture a heavy bronze weight set down to hold things still. 鎮 calms what rages: 鎮痛剤 kill pain, a fire is 鎮火, put out, and a 鎮守の森 is the grove where a village's guardian god keeps watch.

Used in 鎮痛剤 (chintsuuzai, painkiller), 鎮火 (chinka, putting out a fire), and 鎮める (shizumeru, to calm/quell)

鎮 means “calm, quell, suppress”

The story

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