振 — Chinese character
振
zhèn
to arouse, to excite; to rouse, to shake
- Pinyin
- zhèn
- Radical
- 64 ⼿ (Hand)
- Strokes
- 10
- Components
- 扌 辰
- Formation
- pictophonetic — hand; meaning component 扌; sound component 辰
- Japanese
- 振 as a kanji
Common words with 振
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 振兴 (振興) | zhèn xīng | to revive; to revitalize; to invigorate; to re-energize |
| 振动 (振動) | zhèn dòng | to vibrate; to shake |
| 振奋 (振奮) | zhèn fèn | to stir oneself up; to raise one's spirits |
| 重振 | chóng zhèn | to revitalize; to restore (prestige, prosperity etc); revival; recovery |
| 共振 | gòng zhèn | resonance (physics) |
| 振作 | zhèn zuò | to bestir oneself; to pull oneself together |
| 振荡 (振蕩) | zhèn dàng | vibration; oscillation |
| 振幅 | zhèn fú | amplitude |
| 提振 | tí zhèn | to boost; to stimulate |
| 核磁共振 | hé cí gòng zhèn | nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) |
| 不振 | bù zhèn | lacking in vitality; depressed (market, spirits etc) |
| 一蹶不振 | yī jué bù zhèn | one stumble, unable to rise (idiom); a setback leading to total collapse; ruined at a stroke |
English words written with 振
- inspiring
- revival
- resonance
- vibration
- amplitude
- uplift
- resonate
- rousing
- oscillation
- oscillator
- revitalize
- strikeout
振 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Mencius 3 · Zhuangzi 4 · Doctrine of the Mean 1
- Mencius 3A.4
- Mencius 5B.1
- Zhuangzi The Identity of Contraries
- Zhuangzi Mountain Trees
- Zhuangzi Tien Tzŭ Fang
- The Doctrine of the Mean Passage 27
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