Moto 鎮: Tranquilize; Ancient Peace-preservation CentersKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- チン
- Kun'yomi
- しず(める)、しず(まる)、おさえ
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 62 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (チン)
- 鎮圧ちんあつsuppression; subjugation
- 重鎮じゅうちんleader; authority
- 鎮魂ちんこんrepose of a soul
- 地鎮祭じちんさいceremony for purifying a building site (before building commences); ground-breaking ceremony
- 鎮守ちんじゅlocal Shinto deity; tutelary god
- 鎮定ちんていsuppression
- 鎮座ちんざenshrinement
- 鎮火ちんかextinguishing; dying out (of a fire)
- 鎮痛剤ちんつうざいanalgesic; painkiller
- 鎮静ちんせいcalm; quiet
- 文鎮ぶんちんpaperweight
- 暴動鎮圧ぼうどうちんあつriot control
- 武漢三鎮ぶかんさんちんthe three Wuhan Cities
- 藩鎮はんちんjiedushi; regional military governor in ancient China
- 郷鎮ごうちんtownship and village enterprises (in China); TVE
- 郷鎮企業ごうちんきぎょうtownship and village enterprises (in China); TVE
- 鎮ちんa weight
- 鎮主ちんじゅlocal Shinto deity; tutelary god
- 鎮台ちんだいgarrison (in Meiji era)
- 鎮咳ちんがいcough suppression
- 鎮咳剤ちんがいざいcough suppressant; antitussive drug
- 鎮咳薬ちんがいやくcough suppressant; antitussive drug
- 鎮壇具ちんだんぐgoods buried during the ground-breaking ceremony for a temple
- 鎮子ちんしornamental weights used to keep curtains and the like from blowing around in the wind
- 鎮守の杜ちんじゅのもりgrove of the village shrine
- 鎮守の森ちんじゅのもりgrove of the village shrine
- 鎮守の神ちんじゅのかみlocal deity; guardian god
- 鎮守府ちんじゅふ(historical) army base; navy base
- 鎮守社ちんじゅしゃShinto shrine on Buddhist temple grounds dedicated to the tutelary deity of the area
- 鎮撫ちんぶpacification; placating
- 鎮星ちんせいSaturn (planet)
- 鎮痙ちんけいspasmolysis
- 鎮痙剤ちんけいざいantispasmodic drug; spasmolytic drug
- 鎮痙薬ちんけいやくantispasmodic drug; spasmolytic drug
- 鎮痛ちんつうpain relief; killing pain
- 鎮痛性ちんつうせいanalgesic
- 鎮痛薬ちんつうやくanalgesic
- 鎮祭ちんさいreligious ceremony (to appease the gods)
- 鎮西派ちんぜいはChinzei sect (of Pure Land Buddhism)
- 鎮護ちんごguarding; protecting
- 鎮護国家ちんごこっかspiritual protection of the state
- 鎮静剤ちんせいざいsedative; tranquilizer
- 鎮静化ちんせいかcalming down; quieting down
- 鎮魂ミサ曲ちんこんミサきょくRequiem Mass
- 鎮魂帰神ちんこんきしんreturn to the divine through spiritual quietude
- 鎮魂曲ちんこんきょくrequiem
- 鎮魂曲歌ちんこんきょくか(sung) requiem
- 鎮魂歌ちんこんかrequiem
- 鎮魂祭ちんこんさいceremony for the repose of a soul
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 鎮まるしずまるto become quiet; to quiet down
- 鎮めるしずめるto appease; to suppress
- 反乱を鎮めるはんらんをしずめるto quell a rebellion
- 取り鎮めるとりしずめるto quell; to quiet
- 取鎮めるとりしずめるto quell; to quiet
- 叛乱を鎮めるはんらんをしずめるto quell a rebellion
- 鎮めしずめcontrolling; suppressing
- 鎮め物しずめものsacred items buried in the ring during its ritual purification
Other readings
- 天名地鎮あないちAna'ichi (script)
- 鎮木ちぎornamental crossed rafter ends on shrine gables
- 鎮魂の祭りちんこんさいceremony for the repose of a soul
Showing the 60 most common of 62 words. See them all in the graph.
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