Kanzen
鎮 — Stroke order

JLPT N1 kanji · 18 strokes · #1617 by frequency

鎮 — Calm, soothe

Meaning
Calm, soothe, suppress
On'yomi (Chinese reading)
チン
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
しず.めるしず.まるおさえ
Radical
金

Stroke order

18 strokes. The stroke to draw is in red; the previous ones are already in place.

  1. Stroke 1/18
  2. Stroke 2/18
  3. Stroke 3/18
  4. Stroke 4/18
  5. Stroke 5/18
  6. Stroke 6/18
  7. Stroke 7/18
  8. Stroke 8/18
  9. Stroke 9/18
  10. Stroke 10/18
  11. Stroke 11/18
  12. Stroke 12/18
  13. Stroke 13/18
  14. Stroke 14/18
  15. Stroke 15/18
  16. Stroke 16/18
  17. Stroke 17/18
  18. Stroke 18/18

Components

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Memory hook and vocabulary

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Sources: meanings and readings based on KANJIDIC2 and JMdict (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0) · KanjiVG strokes © Ulrich Apel (CC BY-SA 3.0) · reading selection, French translations and memory hooks: Kanzen.