镇zhèn
town. 15 strokes, radical 钅, first met in HSK 6.
How to write 镇
Strokes 1–5 write 钅, then strokes 6–15 write 真.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 镇 · the stroke-order rules
What 镇 is made of
钅 (jīn, gold) and 真 (zhēn, real).
钅 carries the meaning — metal — and 真 carries the sound.
Words that use 镇
| 镇 | town 指比村大的居民点 小镇的工厂发布了招聘启事。The factory in the town put out a recruitment notice. Lesson 686, 小镇织布 · 风云际会与鼎盛宏猷 · Historical Moments & Prosperous Enterprises |
| 城镇 | towns and cities 指城市和集镇 传统城镇与城乡发展承压。Traditional towns and rural areas both felt the pressure. Lesson 556, 破立并举 · 时代潮涌与砥柱中流 · Market Currents & Strategic Tenacity |
Characters that share the sound part 真
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.
More characters with the radical 钅
All 22 of them, and what the radical means, on the 金 radical page.