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-<WL>镇(F鎮) [zhèn] town; press down; calm; cool @@[zhēn] 土星 (填 ‘Saturn’)  [tián] 填
+<WL>镇(F鎮) [zhèn] town (城镇 ‘cities and towns’); press down; calm; cool@@  [zhēn] [tián] cf. 鎮
-From 钅(金 jīn) ‘metal’ and 真 zhēn phonetic.
+The Shuōwén Seal form of 镇/鎮(􂞖) zhèn ‘weigh/press down’ combines 钅/金 (jīn) ‘metal’ (heavy), and 真(􁙒眞) zhēn ‘immortal/true’ (phonosemantic).
-	“Weigh down, press upon; repress, to subject, regulate, govern; great trading town, mart, market” —Karlgren.
+	Compare: 填(􂙝) tián ‘fill up’; 慎(􁲌愼) shèn ‘careful/serious’.
-	Since the original meaning was to weigh down, and weights are made of metal, 镇 contains 金 as a signific component.
+	Compare: 镇压 zhènyā ‘suppress; repress; put down’, 镇静 zhènjìng ‘calm/composed’, 镇定 ‘calm/cool’, 冰镇 ‘iced (drink)’.
+	Compare: 城镇 chéngzhèn ‘cities and towns’, 村镇 ‘villages and small towns’, 市镇 ‘town’, 集镇 ‘market town’, 镇长 ‘town chief’
+	“Weigh down, press upon; repress, to subject, regulate, govern; great trading town, mart, market” —Karlgren(AD).
 #rK.AD1194 D.6.4239.1 B.362.0.03
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+#y jan-
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