Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 镇

镇

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Meaning

 to press down, to suppress, garrison, small town

Pronunciation

 zhèn

Explanation

 Left metal 钅/金, right: really, truly 真 (The ten 十 eyes 目 see that the table is truely real.)

Mnemonic

(Because of the weight) If the metal is really true, it presses down. (like a garrison)

Radicals

金 gold, metal(This radical is always on the left side of a character.)
真 really, truly
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Vocabulary

苑里镇 Yuàn lǐ zhèn Yuanli town in Miaoli county, northwest Taiwan
镇咳 zhèn ké cough suppressant
阿瑟镇 Ā sè zhèn Arthur's Town, Cat Island
镇压 zhèn yā suppression; repression; to suppress; to put down; to quell

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