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Chinese symbol for “knocking”

爆震
bào zhèn
knocking (fault in internal combustion engine)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for knocking is 爆震 (bào zhèn), defined as: knocking (fault in internal combustion engine).

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Characters and stroke order

爆 bào
crackle, pop; burst, explode
radical 86 ⽕ · 19 strokes
震 zhèn
shake, quake, tremor; to excite
radical 173 ⾬ · 15 strokes

Other Chinese words for “knocking”

WordPinyinMeaning
磕磕kē kē(onom.) knocking

Related words

Other words that share a character with 爆震.

WordPinyinMeaning
爆发 (爆發)bào fāto break out; to erupt; to explode; to burst out
爆炸bào zhàexplosion; to explode
引爆yǐn bàoto ignite; to detonate
火爆huǒ bàofiery (temper); popular
爆破bào pòto blow up; to demolish (using explosives)
爆料bào liàoto reveal inside or previously undisclosed information; revelation; leak; tip-off
地震dì zhènearthquake
震惊 (震驚)zhèn jīngto shock; to astonish

See also: Japanese symbol for “knocking”.

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.