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Kanji Detail for 顫 - "tremble"

顫

  • Meaning

    顫 means "tremble."

    1. Tremble - To shake; to shiver; to quiver.

  • Origin of 顫

    亶, which supplies the sound, giving sen, beside 頁, the head: the Shuowen glosses it as a head that will not hold still. To tremble — 顫動 is vibration, and 身顫い the shiver that runs through you.

    How to remember it: A head 頁 that will not stay steady — a shiver.

    Sources: en.wiktionary.org · mojinavi.com

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    shudder

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    shiver, tremble; trembling

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to tremble; to shiver; to shake; to vibrate; Taiwan pr. [zhan4]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to shiver, to tremble; trembling

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Shaking of the limbs due to cold. As in colloquially 寒顫 (shivering from cold). Also, rapid back-and-forth movement is called 顫動 (trembling). A voice of fear and sorrow is called 顫聲 (trembling voice).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    sen(セン) セン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    furu.eru(ふる-える) ふる-える

  • Strokes

    tip

    22 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    頁 (ogai・ichinokai)

  • Related Keywords

    tremble shake shiver quiver

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