鎮

鎮 — tranquilize, ancient peace-preservation centers

JLPT: JLPT N1
Strokes: 18
Taught in: Secondary school
Frequency: #1617 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: ちん chin
Kun'yomi: しず.める shizu.meru

しず.まる shizu.maru

おさえ osae

Example words for this kanji are being written.