zhèn

to press down; to calm; to subdue

verbnoun HSK 3.0 · Band 6 trad. 鎮

Watch it being written

Every character draws itself, stroke by stroke. Then grab the brush: trace it yourself and hear the word when you finish.

Build with these blocks

Chinese words snap together like bricks. Every word below shares a character with this one, so you are already halfway to knowing it.

See it in sentences

这个镇不大。

This town is not big.

镇上有一家老饭馆。

There is an old restaurant in town.