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Kanji Detail for 震 - "to shake, to tremble, to shudder"

震

  • Meaning

    震 means "to shake, to tremble, to shudder."

    1. To shake - To tremble; to move back and forth.

    2. To shudder - To be startled and frightened.

    3. Thunder - Violent thunder.

  • Words using 震

    • 地震 じしん Listen earthquake
    • 震源 しんげん Listen hypocentre (of an earthquake); hypocenter; focus
    • 震度 しんど Listen seismic intensity
    • 大震災 だいしんさい Listen great earthquake (disaster); highly destructive earthquake
    • 微震 びしん Listen slight earthquake
    • 余震 よしん Listen aftershock
    • 震動 しんどう Listen shock; tremor; impact
    • 軽震 けいしん Listen weak earthquake

  • Four-character idioms with 震

    • 震天動地 しんてんどうち Listen earth-shaking

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    • Verified meaning: to shake, to tremble, to shudder
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read しん, たつみ)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 震

    Given names 震(しん)Listen

    Surnames 震(たつみ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    quake; shake; tremble; quiver; shiver

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    shake, quake, tremor; excite; trigram ☳; hexagram ䷲

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to shake; to vibrate; to jolt; to quake; excited; shocked; one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing thunder; ☳

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    shake, quake, tremor; to excite

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

    To be struck by lightning. | To shake. As in the earth shaking is called 地震 (earthquake). Its causes include volcanic eruptions, land subsidence, or contraction of the earth's crust. | To fear. As in 震驚 (shocked), 震慴 (terrified).

  • Onyomi

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    shin(シン) シン

  • Kunyomi

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    furu.eru(ふる-える) ふる-える

    furu.u(ふ-るう) ふ-るう

    furu.waseru(ふる-わせる) ふる-わせる

    furu.wasu(ふる-わす) ふる-わす

  • Strokes

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    15 strokes

  • Radical

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    雨 (ame・amekammuri・amakammuri)

  • Related Keywords

    to shudder to shake to tremble thunder shock earthquake quake vibrate shiver tremor convulse jolt rattle rumble seismic

Sentences including 震

  • We may have a very severe earthquake any moment now.

  • There are many earthquakes in japan.

  • I felt my hands tremble.

  • Earthquakes may occur at any moment.

  • Japan is very subject to earthquakes.

  • Nobody knows when the earthquake will occur.

  • Japan is subject to earthquakes.

  • Japan is greatly famous for earthquakes.

  • An earthquake can take place at any time.

  • I'm afraid of earthquakes.

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