also: しず
temple supervisor; head priest of a temple
Only with reading ちん
Refers to a supervisor or head priest in a Buddhist temple. Reading is ちん.
town (in China); administrative town
Only with reading ちん
Used for towns in China, corresponding to the Chinese administrative division 镇 (zhèn). Reading is ちん.
The temple supervisor was a high-ranking monk who had trained for many years.
When you visit a small town in China, you can still find traditional markets.
enshrinement; residing in a shrine · sitting prominently; plunked down; planted
calming down; settling down; subsiding; pacification · sedation
leading figure; authority; pillar
extinguishing a fire; putting out a fire; dying out of a fire
requiem
repose of a soul; putting a spirit to rest · memorial ceremony for the dead; requiem
paperweight
guarding; protecting
town (in China) · county-administered city (Taiwan); urban township · commune-level town (Vietnam)
jiedushi; regional military governor (ancient China)
township and village enterprises (China); TVE
garrison (Meiji era)
cough suppression · antitussive
ornamental curtain weight
suppression; pacification; quelling
town (China)
pacification; placating; calming down
spasmolysis · spasmolytic; antispasmodic; anticonvulsive
Standard kanji form for all senses.
Obsolete kana usage for the archaic weight sense.
The kanji 鎮 originally means 'to press down' or 'to calm', and the noun uses derive from that idea. The reading ちん is the Sino-Japanese on'yomi; しず is an obsolete native Japanese reading.