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Chinese symbol for “epicenter”

震源
zhèn yuán
epicenter (of earthquake); hypocenter

The closest CC-CEDICT match for epicenter is 震源 (zhèn yuán), defined as: epicenter (of earthquake); hypocenter.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

震 zhèn
shake, quake, tremor; to excite
radical 173 ⾬ · 15 strokes
源 yuán
spring; source, root, head; surname
radical 85 ⽔ · 13 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 震源.

WordPinyinMeaning
地震dì zhènearthquake
震惊 (震驚)zhèn jīngto shock; to astonish
震撼zhèn hànto shake; to shock
震动 (震動)zhèn dòngto shake; to vibrate
震荡 (震盪)zhèn dàngto shake up; to jolt
资源 (資源)zī yuánnatural resource (such as water or minerals); resource (such as manpower or tourism)
来源 (來源)lái yuánsource (of information etc); origin
能源néng yuánenergy sources; energy

See also: Japanese symbol for “epicenter”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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