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Kanji Detail for 振 - "to swing"

振

  • Meaning

    振 means "to swing." Also associated with to rouse, to save.

    1. To swing - To shake; to wave back and forth.

    2. To rouse - To stir up; to motivate.

    3. To save - To rescue; to help.

    4. Flock - Birds flying in groups.

    5. Manner - Behavior; action; demeanor.

    6. Counter - A word for counting swords.

    7. To allocate - To assign; to distribute.

  • Words using 振

    • 不振 ふしん Listen dullness; slump; stagnation
    • 振興 しんこう Listen promotion; encouragement
    • 三振 さんしん Listen strikeout
    • 振動 しんどう Listen oscillation; vibration; swing (e.g. of a pendulum)
    • 奪三振 だつさんしん Listen striking a batter out
    • 振替 ふりかえ Listen transfer; switching over; change
    • 振り返る ふりかえる Listen to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around
    • 振込 ふりこみ Listen payment made via bank deposit transfer; discarding a tile that becomes another player's winning tile

  • Name readings of 振

    Given names 振(おさむ)Listen

    Surnames 振(ふる)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    shake; wave; wag; swing

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    raise, excite, arouse action

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to shake; to flap; to vibrate; to resonate; to rise up with spirit; to rouse oneself

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to arouse, to excite; to rouse, to shake

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

    To save. Such as 振濟. Now commonly written as 賑. | To rouse. Such as 振作精神. | To organize. 振旅 is like saying organizing the troops. | To shake. Such as 威振天下. | 振振: Substantial. Also, flourishing appearance.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    shin(シン) シン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    fu.reru(ふ-れる) ふ-れる

    fu.ru(ふ-る) ふ-る

    furu.u(ふ-るう) ふ-るう

  • Strokes

    tip

    10 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    手 扌 (te・tehen)

  • Related Keywords

    to swing to rouse to save to allocate counter flock manner gesture shake brandish flourish wield assign distribute behavior pretend wave

Sentences including 振

  • He's only shamming.

  • Jane made an angry gesture.

  • He is being kind today.

  • I can't stand his behavior anymore.

  • He told me not to look behind.

  • I often look back at my younger years.

  • I shook my head a few times.

  • The boy turned around then.

  • One of them is gestures.

  • He looked back at the pretty girl.

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