The kanji 振: meaning, readings and stroke order
振
- Meaning
- wave, shake
- On reading
- シン shin
- Kun reading
- ふ(る) furu、ふ(るう) furuu、ふ(れる) fureru
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 手 hand
- Level
- Level 7 · junior high school
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- vẫy, lắc (chấn)
- Japanese
- ふる。ゆれうごく。
- Korean
- 흔들다 (진)
- Chinese
- 挥动、摇
Readings, words and example sentences
シン shin · on reading
振動
shaking, vibration
電車の 振動が 伝わります。
You can feel the train shaking.
ふ(る) furu · kun reading
振る
to wave, to shake
遠くの 友だちに 手を 振ります。
I wave to my friend far away.
ふ(るう) furuu · kun reading · less common
振るう
to show (one's skill), to wield
うでを 振るって 料理します。
He shows off his skills in the kitchen.
ふ(れる) fureru · kun reading · less common
振れる
to swing (back and forth)
はりが 左右に 振れます。
The needle swings left and right.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.