震
震 — Quake
quake, shake, tremble, quiver, shiver
On’yomiシン (shin)
Kun’yomiふるう (furuu)
Kun’yomiふるえる (furueru)
Kun’yomiふるわせる (furuwaseru)
Kun’yomiふるわす (furuwasu)
Stroke order (15 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 震
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 地震 | じしん jishin | earthquake |
| 震源 | しんげん shingen | hypocentre (of an earthquake); hypocenter; focus |
| 震度 | しんど shindo | seismic intensity |
| 大震災 | だいしんさい daishinsai | great earthquake (disaster); highly destructive earthquake |
| 微震 | びしん bishin | slight earthquake |
| 軽震 | けいしん keishin | weak earthquake |
Study notes
震 is a JLPT N2 kanji written with 15 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #893 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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