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震

Earthquake
Stroke count: 15

Readings

On readingシン
Kun readingふる.える、ふる.う、ふる.わす
JLPT level: N2JōyōGrade 8Level 20

Verbs with «震»

震える

Meanings

  1. earthquake
  2. quakeRtK
  3. shake
    彼は体を震わせて怒っていた。His body was shaking in anger.tatoeba
  4. tremble
  5. quiver
  6. shiver
    彼は最後の土壇場になって震えている。He is shivering on the brink.tatoeba
  1. zhen (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: thunder, east)

Popular Usage

地震

Radicals and components

Radical雨rain
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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rain (雨) · weather · sign of the dragon · cliff (厂) · two (二) · hairpin · safety-pin

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 2166

Compound words

地震じしん
earthquake
震撼させるしんかんさせる
to shake (e.g. the world)
軽震けいしん
weak earthquake
震源しんげん
hypocentre (of an earthquake); hypocenter; focus
震災しんさい
earthquake disaster
震度しんど
seismic intensity
震動しんどう
shock; tremor; impact; vibration
微震びしん
slight earthquake
余震よしん
aftershock
烈震れっしん
disastrous earthquake
身震いみぶるい
shivering (with cold); trembling (with fear); shuddering
震えるふるえる
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver
大震災だいしんさい
great earthquake (disaster); highly destructive earthquake
強震きょうしん
severe earthquake
弱震じゃくしん
mild earthquake
震央しんおう
epicentre (of an earthquake)
震蕩しんとう
shock
震慄しんりつ
tremble
震撼しんかん
shake
震盪しんとう
shock
震顫しんせん
tremor (muscular)
震駭しんがい
terror
耐震たいしん
resistant to earthquakes
震とうしんとう
shock

On Reading Examples

地震がその地域を襲った。じしん
The earthquake shook the area.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は地震の後の混乱を生々しく描写した。
He vividly depicted the confusion following the earthquake.tatoeba
彼は地震に対する準備が出来ている。
He is ready for an earthquake.tatoeba

Stroke Order

15 strokes

Shake; earthquake. 雨 (rain) + 辰 — thunder that makes everything tremble. 地震 — earthquake.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 震

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