The kanji 震: meaning, readings and stroke order
震
- Meaning
- shake, tremble
- On reading
- シン shin
- Kun reading
- ふる(う) furuu、ふる(える) furueru
- Strokes
- 15
- Radical
- 雨 rain
- Level
- Level 7 · junior high school
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- rung, run (chấn)
- Japanese
- ふるえる。ゆれる。
- Korean
- 떨다, 흔들리다 (진)
- Chinese
- 震动、发抖
Readings, words and example sentences
シン shin · on reading
地震
earthquake
夜中に 地震が ありました。
There was an earthquake in the middle of the night.
ふる(う) furuu · kun reading · less common
身震い
shiver, shudder
怖くて 身震いしました。
I shivered with fear.
ふる(える) furueru · kun reading
震える
to shiver, to tremble
さむくて 手が 震えます。
My hands are shaking from the cold.
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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.