震 — 15 strokes ／ Radical「雨」
道4Junior high level ／ 15 strokes ／ Radical「雨」
- On
- シンしん · shin
- Kun
- ふる.う・ふる.える・ふる.わせる・ふる.わすfuru.u · furu.eru · furu.waseru · furu.wasu
- Meaning
- quake; tremble
Stroke order
Origin
雨 "rain/sky" with 辰: the ground moving as the sky shudders — to quake, to tremble.
Readings and examples
| Onシンしんshin | 震動しんどう震災しんさい地震じしん |
|---|---|
| Kunふるうfurū | 震うふるう身震いみぶるい Compare: 奮う・振るう |
| Kunふるえるfurueru | 震えるふるえる震えふるえ |
Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 地震じしん
earthquake
- 震度しんど
seismic intensity
- 震撼しんかん
- 震盪しんとう
Example
夜中に大きな地震があった。
There was a big earthquake in the night.
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
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Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)